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Lin, Rita Faye
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on January 23, 2023, to a seat vacated by Edward Milton Chen. Confirmed by the Senate on September 19, 2023, and received commission on October 4, 2023.
Education:
Harvard University, B.A., 2000
Harvard Law School, J.D., 2003
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Lynch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2003-2004
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2004-2014
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 2014-2018
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 2018-2023
Adjunct professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law (now University of California College of the Law), 2021
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, August 1, 2022; no Senate vote