Edward Milton Chen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status. Born 1953.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 5, 2011
- Senate vote
- 56 to 42
- Confirmed
- May 10, 2011
- Commissioned
- May 12, 2011
- Senior status
- May 17, 2022
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2001-2011
Education
- A.B., University of California, Berkeley, 1975
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1979
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1979-1980
- Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, 1980-1981
- Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1981-1982
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985
- Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001
Other nominations
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, August 6, 2009; no Senate vote; Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, January 20, 2010; no Senate vote; Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, September 13, 2010; no Senate vote
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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