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Edward Milton Chen
Senior judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Edward Milton Chen serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed May 10, 2011 by a 56–42 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- May 10, 2011
- Senate vote
- 56–42
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1953
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaBarack Obama · May 10, 2011
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyA.B., 1975
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 1979
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1979-1980; Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, 1980-1981; Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1981-1982; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985; Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001
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