Rita Faye Lin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1978.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Jan 23, 2023
- Senate vote
- 52 to 45
- Confirmed
- Sep 19, 2023
- Commissioned
- Oct 4, 2023
Education
- B.A., Harvard University, 2000
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2003
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2003-2004
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2004-2014
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 2014-2018
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 2018-2023
- Adjunct professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law (now University of California College of the Law), 2021
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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