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Trina Lynn Thompson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2022

Trina Lynn Thompson, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Senate voted 51–44 on the nomination on May 18, 2022 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    51–44 · May 18, 2022

Education

  • University of California, BerkeleyA.B., 1983
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 1986

Career

Alameda County [California] Public Defender's Office, 1986-1991; post-graduate law clerk, 1986-1987; assistant public defender, 1987-1991; Private practice, San Jose, California, 1991-1995; Private practice, Oakland, California, 1991-2000; Juvenile court commissioner, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2001-2002; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2003-2022; Lecturer, Ethnic Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-2021; Adjunct professor, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2018-

Biography

Trina Lynn Thompson (born 1961) is an American judge who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She previously served as a state court judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.

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