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James Donato

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 2014

James Donato , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The Senate voted 90–5 on the nomination on Feb 25, 2014 (Nomination Confirmed). James Joseph Donato (born in 1960) is an American attorney and judge. He has served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2014.

Senate votes: 1

Senate confirmation votes

United States District Judge for the Northern District of California
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed90–5 · Feb 25, 2014

Education

University of California, BerkeleyB.A., 1983
Harvard UniversityA.M., 1984
Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1988

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Procter R. Hug, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1990-1993, 1996-2014; Deputy city attorney, San Francisco, California, 1993-1996

Biography

James Joseph Donato (born in 1960) is an American attorney and judge. He has served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2014.

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