Maxine M. Chesney
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status. Born 1942.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 24, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- May 8, 1995
- Commissioned
- May 10, 1995
- Senior status
- Jun 30, 2009
Education
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1964
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1967
Career
- Office of the District Attorney, San Francisco, California, 1968-1979
- trial attorney, 1968-1969
- senior trial attorney, 1969-1971
- principal trial attorney, 1971-1976
- head trial attorney, 1976
- assistant chief deputy, 1976-1979
- Judge, San Francisco [California] Municipal Court, 1979-1983
- Judge, Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco (appointed and subsequently elected), 1983-1995
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, September 14, 1994; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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