Araceli Martinez-Olguin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1977.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 3, 2023
- Senate vote
- 49 to 48
- Confirmed
- Feb 28, 2023
- Commissioned
- Mar 3, 2023
Education
- A.B., Princeton University, 1999
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2004
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. David Briones, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2004-2006
- Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 2006-2010
- fellow, 2006-2008
- staff attorney, 2008-2010
- Staff attorney, Legal Aid at Work, San Francisco, California, 2010-2013
- Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2012, 2013, 2016
- Senior staff attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, California, 2013-2015
- Contract attorney, University of California, Irvine, School of Law (based in Oakland, California), 2015
- Contract attorney, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Pasadena, California (based in Oakland, California), 2015
- Civil rights attorney, U.S. Department of Education, San Francisco, California, 2016-2017
- Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (based in San Francisco, California), 2017-2018
- senior immigrants' rights attorney, 2017
- managing attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, 2018
- National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California (based in Oakland, California), 2018-2023
- staff attorney, 2018-2020
- supervising attorney, 2020-2023
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, August 1, 2022; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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