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William Horsley Orrick, III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status since May 20, 2023.
Confirmed 56 to 41Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 28, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 41
- Confirmed
- May 15, 2013
- Commissioned
- May 16, 2013
- Senior status
- Since May 20, 2023
- 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.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Attorney, Georgia Legal Services Program, Savannah, Georgia, 1979-1984; acting managing attorney, 1981; supervising attorney, 1982-1984
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1984-2009
- Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2009-2013; counselor, 2009-2010; deputy assistant attorney general, 2010-2013
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