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William Haskell Alsup

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 1999

William Haskell Alsup , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. William Haskell Alsup (born June 27, 1945) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He was appointed to the Northern District of California in 1999 by President Bill Clinton and assumed senior status in 2021.

Education

  • Mississippi State UniversityB.S., 1967
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1971
  • Harvard University, Kennedy School of GovernmentM.P.P., 1971

Career

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

Biography

William Haskell Alsup (born June 27, 1945) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He was appointed to the Northern District of California in 1999 by President Bill Clinton and assumed senior status in 2021.

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