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Trina Lynn Thompson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 44Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2022
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 16, 2022
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 10, 2022
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 44
- Confirmed
- May 18, 2022
- Commissioned
- August 5, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Alameda County [California] Public Defender's Office, 1986-1991; post-graduate law clerk, 1986-1987; assistant public defender, 1987-1991
- Private practice, San Jose, California, 1991-1995
- Private practice, Oakland, California, 1991-2000
- Juvenile court commissioner, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2001-2002
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2003-2022
- Lecturer, Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-2021
- Adjunct professor, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2018-
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