Claudia Ann Wilken
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Senior status. Born 1949.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Oct 7, 1993
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Nov 20, 1993
- Commissioned
- Nov 22, 1993
- Senior status
- Dec 17, 2014
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate/U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1983-1993
Education
- B.A., Stanford University, 1971
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 1975
Career
- Staff attorney, Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of California, 1975-1978
- Private practice, Berkeley, California, 1978-1984
- Adjunct professor, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1978-1984
- Professor, New College School of Law, 1980-1985
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2016-2019
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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