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Claudia Ann Wilken

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since December 17, 2014.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
October 7, 1993
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
November 9, 1993
Committee action
Reported (favorably), November 18, 1993
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
November 20, 1993
Commissioned
November 22, 1993
Senior status
Since December 17, 2014
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1949, 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

  • Staff attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of California, 1975-1978
  • Private practice, Berkeley, California, 1978-1984
  • Adjunct professor, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1978-1984
  • Professor, New College School of Law, 1980-1985
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2019

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