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.
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is the federal bank for the twelfth district in the United States. The twelfth district is made up of nine western states—Alaska,Arizona,California,Hawaii,Idaho,Nevada,Oregon,Utah,and Washington—plus the Northern Mariana Islands,American Samoa,and Guam. The San Francisco Fed has branch offices in Los Angeles,Portland,Salt Lake City,and Seattle. It also has a cash processing center in Phoenix.
Lynne C. Hermle is an attorney specializing in employment law. She is a partner at Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe LLP's Menlo Park,California office. She also serves on the firm's management committee,the "first partner from the firm's Silicon Valley office to serve,and the second woman ever chosen".
Orrick is an international law firm founded in San Francisco,California. The firm advises on transactions,litigation and regulatory matters for venture-backed companies,public companies,E&I funds,financial institutions and governments.
Kamala Devi Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and incumbent vice president of the United States under President Joe Biden. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history,as well as the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party,she was previously attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017 and a U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021.
Dewey Ballantine LLP was a corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. In 2007,Dewey Ballantine merged with LeBoeuf,Lamb,Greene &MacRae to form Dewey &LeBoeuf. Dewey Ballantine underwent numerous name changes throughout its history as partners left to serve in government positions or form new firms.
Thelen LLP,formerly known as Thelen Reid Brown Raysman &Steiner was a bicoastal American law firm formed by two mergers between California and New York–based law firms. The firm peaked at roughly 600 attorneys in 2006,and had 500 early in 2008,with attorneys with offices in eight cities in the United States,England and China. By the time of its decision to dissolve in late October 2008,it had shrunk to 400 attorneys through layoffs and attrition. Thelen was known for its preeminent construction practice which dates back to the 1930s and the local association between the law firm and contractors and developers of large hydroelectric dam projects. The construction practice offered regulatory,transactional and dispute resolution support. It was also known for its energy expertise,particularly in the electricity regulatory area,as well as for legal advice concerning technology and outsourcing.
Joseph P. Russoniello is an American attorney who served two terms as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. Russoniello served his first term from 1982 to 1990 and his second term from 2008 to 2010.
Kimberly Jo Mueller is the chief United States district judge of the Sacramento division of United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. She is the first female district judge to serve in the Eastern District.
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP was a Washington,D.C.-based law firm,itself a product of the merger between D.C. law firm Swidler &Berlin and New York City's Shereff,Friedman,Hoffman &Goodman LLP in 1998. The firm merged with Bingham McCutchen in 2006. At its height in 2005,Swidler Berlin employed some 300 attorneys with offices on D.C. K Street lobbying corridor and in New York City's iconic Chrysler Building.
Charles Roberts Breyer is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Breyer served as chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2018 to 2022.
William Horsley Orrick Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Andrew Downey Orrick was a partner with Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe and the acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in San Francisco.
William Horsley Orrick III is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He had a long career as a lawyer in private practice in San Francisco,and served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Obama administration.
Buckley LLP was a financial services,criminal,and civil enforcement defense law firm which had 160 lawyers scattered across different parts of the United States of America;in Washington,D.C.,New York,San Francisco,Los Angeles,Chicago,and in London. As of February 1,2023,Buckley merged with global law firm Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe.
Executive Order 13768 titled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on January 25,2017. The order stated that "sanctuary jurisdictions" including sanctuary cities that refused to comply with immigration enforcement measures would not be "eligible to receive Federal grants,except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes" by the U.S. Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security.
This page lists notable alumni,students,and faculty of the University of California College of the Law,San Francisco,a public law school in San Francisco,California.
McGregor William "Greg" Scott is an American lawyer and partner at the King &Spalding law firm. He served as the United States attorney for the Eastern District of California from 2017 to 2021. He was sworn in as a court-appointed U.S. attorney on December 29,2017,after previously serving in the position from 2003 to 2009 during the George W. Bush Administration. Prior to assuming his current role,Scott was a partner in the Sacramento office of Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe,where his practice focused on white collar criminal defense and corporate investigations. In 2008,he retired from the United States Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel after 23 years of service.
Brian T. Moran is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2019 to 2021. He was previously of counsel at the law firm Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe in Seattle,Washington.
Lorraine S. McGowen is an American lawyer. She is the lead restructuring partner at Orrick,Herrington &Sutcliffe in the New York office. McGowen works with financial institutions,lender groups and creditor committees who want to maximize recoveries in complicated bankruptcies,out-of-court restructurings and rights controversies. She also works with investors and acquirers of distressed companies. McGowen is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
