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Charles R. Breyer
Senior judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Charles R. Breyer serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by William J. Clinton and confirmed Nov 8, 1997. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Confirmed
- Nov 8, 1997
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1941
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaWilliam J. Clinton · Nov 8, 1997
Education
- Harvard CollegeA.B., 1963
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 1966
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Oliver Carter, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1966-1967; Counsel, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco [California], 1967; Assistant district attorney, City and County of San Francisco, California, 1967-1973, 1979; chief assistant, 1979; Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1974-1979, 1980-1997; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2010; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2011-2018; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2013-2022; vice chair, 2013-2017; acting chair, 2021-2022
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