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Robert Howard Schnacke
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Robert Howard Schnacke served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Richard M. Nixon and confirmed Oct 13, 1970. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon
- Confirmed
- Oct 13, 1970
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1913
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaRichard M. Nixon · Oct 13, 1970 – Jun 5, 1994
Education
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)J.D., 1938
Career
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1938-1942, 1946, 1951-1953, 1959-1968; U.S. Army special agent, Counter Intelligence Corps, 1942-1946; Deputy commissioner, Division of Corporations, State of California, 1947-1951; Assistant U.S. attorney and chief, Criminal Division, Northern District of California, 1953-1958; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, 1958-1959; Judge, Superior Court of California, 1968-1970; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1975-1979; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1979-1990
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