Nicole Gina Berner

• B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1988
• M.P.P., University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, 1996
• J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1996

• Law clerk, Hon. Betty Binns Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1996-1997
• Law clerk, Hon. Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1997-1998
• Private practice, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999-2000
• Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2000-2004
• Staff attorney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006
• Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C., 2006-2024
• associate general counsel, 2006-2014
• deputy general counsel, 2014-2017
• general counsel (on full-time retainer from law firm), 2017-2024
• Adjunct professor, Vanderbilt Law School, 2023-2024

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, November 27, 2023; no Senate vote