• District Court, N.D. California

  Judge

  1998 – 2014 · 16 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

• Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

  Judge

  1986 – 1998 · 12 yrs

• Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

  trial-jud

  1981 – 1986 · 5 yrsAppointed by Edmund Gerald Brown

Career

• Director

  Federal Judicial Center

  2011 – present · 15 yrs

• Judge

  Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

  1986 – 1998 · 12 yrs

• Judge

  Santa Clara County California Municipal Court

  1981 – 1986 · 5 yrs

• executive director

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr

• Santa Clara County California Bar Association Law Foundation

  1978 – 1981 · 3 yrs

• directing attorney

  Mental Health Advocacy Project

  1978 – 1981 · 3 yrs

• Lecturer

  Human Development, California State University

  1977 – 1978 · 1 yr

• Private practice

  1974 – 1978 · 4 yrs

Education