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Noël Wise
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Noël Wise serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Joseph R. Biden and confirmed Dec 11, 2024 by a 50–47 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Confirmed
- Dec 11, 2024
- Senate vote
- 50–47
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1968
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaJoseph R. Biden · Dec 11, 2024
Education
- University of Nevada, Las VegasB.S., 1989
- Nova University (now Nova Southeastern University) Shepard Broad Law CenterJ.D., 1993
- Stanford Law SchoolJ.S.M., 2002
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Harry Lee Anstead, Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 1993-1994; Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-2002; Honors trial attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1994-1997; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California (on detail), 1997-1998; Trial attorney, Environmental Crimes Section, 1998-1999; Trial attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1999-2002; Associate professor, George Washington University Law School, 1995-1997; Adjunct professor, Semester in Washington Program, Vermont Law School, 1997-1998; Adjunct professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, 2000-2001; Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 2000-2006; Teaching fellow, Stanford Law School, 2001-2002; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2002-2004; In-house counsel, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California, 2004-2006; acting director and manager of Renewable Power Generation, 2005-2006; Private practice, Alameda, California, 2006-2014; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2014-2024; Judge, Family Law Division, 2014-2016; Assistant supervising judge, Family Law Division, 2017; Panel judge, Appellate Division, 2018-2019; Judge and acting supervising judge, Civil Division, 2018-2021; Supervising judge, Appellate Division, 2019-2021; Judge pro tem, California Court of Appeal, Second District, 2021-2022; Judge, Civil Division, 2023;
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