The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of California:Alameda,Contra Costa,Del Norte,Humboldt,Lake,Marin,Mendocino,Monterey,Napa,San Benito,San Francisco,San Mateo,Santa Clara,Santa Cruz,and Sonoma. The court hears cases in its courtrooms in Eureka,Oakland,San Francisco,and San Jose. It is headquartered in San Francisco. Cases from the Northern District of California are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
The United States attorney for the Northern District of California is responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Donald K. Stern is an American attorney who served as the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts from 1993 to 2001. He was best known for prosecuting mob figures,including fugitive Winter Hill Gang leader James "Whitey" Bulger and his partner,Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. In 2001 he went into private practice as a Partner in the Boston office of Bingham Dana and Gould,which later merged into Bingham McCutchen LLP.
Richard Anthony Alarcon is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013. A Democrat,he previously served in the California State Senate and,for approximately three months,in the California State Assembly.
Stephen Lawrence Cooley is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
Kevin V. Ryan is a former United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. He was one of the attorneys whose name was mentioned in connection to the Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy.
Frank Donovan "Sandy" Tatum Jr. was an attorney,a golf administrator,a golf course architect,a golf promoter,and an amateur golfer.
Roel Clark Campos is an American business lawyer. He served as Securities and Exchange Commissioner between 2002 and 2007. He is now a partner with the law firm Hughes Hubbard &Reed LLP.
Nathan Joseph Hochman is an American attorney,who has served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County since December 3,2024. Hochman is a former federal prosecutor and Assistant U.S. Attorney General.
Stephen Gerard Larson is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Larson LLP,which he co-founded in 2016 as Larson O'Brien LLP. He consistently ranks among the top litigators in the U.S.,having been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©for his work in Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense:White-Collar since 2015.
George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7,2020 to December 3,2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party,Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor,he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD,and Chief of Police in Mesa,Arizona and San Francisco.
Stephen C. Neal is an American attorney who is the chairman and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Cooley LLP,and the chairman of the board of directors of Levi Strauss &Co.
William E. Grauer is a lawyer in New York and California who was for 22 years,from 1988 to 2010,the chair of the Standing Committee on Discipline for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. He was responsible for supervising discipline cases against attorneys in federal court. He is also a former chair of the Ethics Committee of the San Diego County Bar Association. Until his retirement,Grauer was a partner at the law firm of Cooley LLP specializing in securities litigation and the PSLRA,and has argued cases in the United States Supreme Court,the California Supreme Court and several times in the Circuit Court of Appeals.
Cooley LLP is an American international law firm,headquartered in Palo Alto,California,with offices worldwide. The firm's practice areas include corporate,litigation,intellectual property,fund formation,public markets,employment,life sciences,clean technology,real estate,financial services,retail,regulatory and energy.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office is the legal agency charged with prosecuting crimes in the City and County of San Francisco,California,under California state law. The current district attorney is Brooke Jenkins. Occupants of this office have gone on to higher elected offices,including:governor of California,United States senator,and vice president of the United States.
James Joseph Donato is an American attorney and judge. He has served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2014.
Scott Cutler is an American technology executive and is currently CEO of StockX. Formerly the executive vice president and head of global listings at the New York Stock Exchange,he has been an executive at eBay since April 2015. In August 2017,Cutler was promoted to Senior Vice President,Americas,at eBay following his stint as President of StubHub,an eBay subsidiary.
Leslie Ragon Caldwell is an American attorney,who served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice from 2014 to 2017. She has spent the majority of her professional career handling federal criminal cases,as both a prosecutor and as defense attorney. Caldwell served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from 1987 to 1998,after which she was recruited by then US Attorney Robert Mueller to serve as Chief of the Criminal Division and Chief of the Securities Fraud Section of the United States Attorney's office for the Northern District of California;she served from 1999 to 2002. In September 2017,she became a partner at the law firm of Latham &Watkins,in San Francisco,CA. In late 2022,Caldwell retired from her partnership at Latham &Watkins.
David L. Anderson is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a U.S. Attorney,he practiced law at the law firm of Sidley Austin.
Craig Carpenito is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. On January 5,2018,Carpenito was appointed U.S. Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §546 by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On April 27,2018,the judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey unanimously appointed Carpenito U.S. Attorney pursuant to their statutory powers. He resigned on January 5,2021. He previously served as a federal prosecutor in the office from 2003 to 2008.
