James Donato
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1960.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 6, 2014
- Senate vote
- 90 to 5
- Confirmed
- Feb 25, 2014
- Commissioned
- Feb 26, 2014
Education
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1983
- A.M., Harvard University, 1984
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 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
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 20, 2013; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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