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Rita Faye Lin
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Rita Faye Lin serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Joseph R. Biden and confirmed Sep 19, 2023 by a 52–45 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Confirmed
- Sep 19, 2023
- Senate vote
- 52–45
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1978
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaJoseph R. Biden · Sep 19, 2023
Education
- Harvard UniversityB.A., 2000
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 2003
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2003-2004; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2004-2014; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 2014-2018; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 2018-2023; Adjunct professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law (now University of California College of the Law), 2021
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