Senior District Judge Edward M. Chen was appointed to the Northern District of California by President Barack Obama in 2011.
Judge Chen was born in 1953 in Oakland, California. He was nominated on August 6, 2009, and confirmed on May 10, 2011, with his commission issued on May 12, 2011. Prior to his district court appointment, he served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of California from 2001 to 2011. He has served as a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California.
Education
- UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1979
- University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1975
Career
- Law Clerk to Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1979–1980)
- Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco (1980–1981)
- Law Clerk to Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1981–1982)
- Private practice attorney, San Francisco (1982–1985)
- Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California (1985–2001)
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of California (2001–2011)