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Edward Milton Chen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since May 17, 2022.
Confirmed 56 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 5, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 17, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 42
- Confirmed
- May 10, 2011
- Commissioned
- May 12, 2011
- Senior status
- Since May 17, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1979-1980
- Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, 1980-1981
- Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1981-1982
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985
- Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001
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