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Vince Chhabria's Biography

Contact Information

Office

San Francisco Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Courtroom 4, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

Full Name:

Vince Girdhari Chhabria

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1969

Birth Place:

San Francisco, CA

JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1995-1998

BA, University of California-Santa Cruz, 1987-1991

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2014-present

Deputy City Attorney, San Francisco City Attorney, 2005-present

Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation, City Attorney Office, San Francisco, 2011-2014

Deputy City Attorney, Government Litigation, City Attorney Office, San Francisco, 2005-2014

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, March 5, 2014

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, July 25, 2013

Litigation Associate, Covington & Burling, Limited Liability Partnership, 2002-2004

Law Clerk, Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, United States Supreme Court, 2001-2002

Litigation Associate, Keker and Van Nest, Limited Liability Partnership, 2001

Law Clerk, Honorable James R. Browning, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1999-2000

Law Clerk, Honorable Charles R. Breyer, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1998-1999

Law Intern, Office of Policy Development, United States Department of Justice, 1997

Associate, Graham and James, Limited Liability Partnership, 1996

Legislative Assistant, United States Representative Lynn C. Woolsey, 1993-1994, 1995

Staff Member, United States Representative Lynn C. Woolsey, 1992-1995

Deputy Campaign Manager, Lynn C. Woolsey Campaign for United States House of Representatives, 1994

Campaign Field Coordinator, Lynn C. Woolsey campaign for United States House of Representatives, 1992

Teaching Assistant, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1992

Legal Assistant, Atchison, Barisone, Condotti & Kovacevich, 1991

Member, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area

Member, California Bar Association

Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Member, North American South Asian Bar Association

Member, South Asian Bar Association of Northern California

Awards:

California Lawyers of the Year, The Recorder, 2009
Best Lawyers Under 40, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2009
Top 20 Lawyers Under 40 in California, The California Daily Journal, 2008
Young Public Lawyer of the Year, International Municipal Lawyers Association, 2008
Order of the Coif, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1998
Honors in the Politics Major, Unversity of California at Santa Cruz, 1991
Honors in the Politics Oral Examination, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1991

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