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William Haskell Alsup

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since January 21, 2021.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
March 24, 1999
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
July 13, 1999
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 22, 1999
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
July 30, 1999
Commissioned
August 17, 1999
Senior status
Since January 21, 2021
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1945, 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

  • Law clerk, Hon. William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1971-1972
  • Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1972-1978, 1980-1998, 1998-1999
  • Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1980
  • Special counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998

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