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William Horsley Orrick III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2013
William Horsley Orrick III, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Senate voted 56–41 on the nomination on May 15, 2013 (Nomination Confirmed).
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- United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed56–41 · May 15, 2013
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1976
- Boston College Law SchoolJ.D., 1979
Career
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
Biography
William Horsley Orrick III (born 1953) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He had a long career as a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco, and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Obama administration.
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