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Maxine M. Chesney
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since June 30, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 24, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 28, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 7, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 8, 1995
- Commissioned
- May 10, 1995
- Senior status
- Since June 30, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1942, 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
- Office of the District Attorney, San Francisco, California, 1968-1979; trial attorney, 1968-1969; senior trial attorney, 1969-1971; principal trial attorney, 1971-1976; head trial attorney, 1976; assistant chief deputy, 1976-1979
- Judge, San Francisco [California] Municipal Court, 1979-1983
- Judge, Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco (appointed and subsequently elected), 1983-1995
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