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Jon Steven Tigar

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Active service.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
June 11, 2012
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
July 11, 2012
Committee action
Reported (favorably), August 2, 2012
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
December 21, 2012
Commissioned
January 18, 2013
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1962, 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. Robert S. Vance, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1989-1990
  • Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1990-1992, 1994-2002
  • Trial attorney, Office of the Public Defender, San Francisco, California, 1993-1994
  • Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2002-2012

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