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.
No caucus 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