Trial Attorney Jeff Wertz is a member of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit comprises the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the federal district and bankruptcy courts within its 15 judicial districts and associated administrative units that provide various services to the courts.

The Ninth Circuit encompasses Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state, the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It includes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the federal trial and bankruptcy courts in the 15 judicial districts within the circuit. The establishment of the Ninth Circuit in 1866 began the development of the federal judicial system for the western United States. It is historically the busiest and largest federal circuit in the nation.