• District Court, N.D. California

  Judge

  2000 – present · 26 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Magistrate Judge

  U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

  1991 – 2000 · 9 yrs

• Commissioner

  Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville California Municipal Court

  1985 – 1991 · 6 yrs

• Manager

  EEO programs, Farinon Electric Corporation

  1980 – present · 46 yrs

• Administrative judge, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

  1980 – 1985 · 5 yrs

• Deputy public defender

  California

  1976 – 1980 · 4 yrs

Education