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James Donato
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
James Donato serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Feb 25, 2014 by a 90–5 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Feb 25, 2014
- Senate vote
- 90–5
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1960
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaBarack Obama · Feb 25, 2014
Education
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A., 1983
- Harvard UniversityA.M., 1984
- Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1988
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Procter R. Hug, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1988-1989; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1990-1993, 1996-2014; Deputy city attorney, San Francisco, California, 1993-1996
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