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Vince Girdhari Chhabria

Active judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Vince Girdhari Chhabria serves on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Mar 5, 2014 by a 58–41 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.

Appointed by
Barack Obama
Confirmed
Mar 5, 2014
Senate vote
58–41
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Born
1969

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaBarack Obama · Mar 5, 2014

Education

  • University of California, Santa CruzB.A., 1991
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D., 1998

Career

Staff member, U.S. Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey of California, 1992-1995; campaign field coordinator, Petaluma, California, 1992; legislative assistant, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, 1995; deputy campaign manager, Petaluma, California, 1994; Law clerk, Hon. Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1998-1999; Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2001, 2002-2004; Law clerk, Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States, 2001-2002; Deputy city attorney for government litigation, San Francisco, California, 2005-2014; co-chief of appellate litigation, 2011-2014

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