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Vince Girdhari Chhabria

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1969.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nominated
Jan 6, 2014
Senate vote
58 to 41
Confirmed
Mar 5, 2014
Commissioned
Mar 7, 2014

Education

  • B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991
  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 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

Other nominations

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, July 25, 2013; no Senate vote

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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