Richard Seeborg | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
Assumed office February 1, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Phyllis J. Hamilton |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
Assumed office January 4,2010 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Maxine M. Chesney |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
In office February 9,2001 –January 4,2010 | |
Succeeded by | Donna Ryu |
Personal details | |
Born | Richard Gus Seeborg November 4,1956 Landstuhl,West Germany (now Germany) |
Education | Yale University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Richard Gus Seeborg [1] (born November 4,1956) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He formerly served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the same district.
Born in Landstuhl,Germany,Seeborg earned a Bachelor of Arts in history summa cum laude from Yale University in May 1978 and then earned a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1981. [2] From 1981 to 1982,Seeborg served as a law clerk to judge John H. Pratt of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [2] [3]
In 1982,Seeborg joined the San Francisco law firm of Morrison &Foerster as an associate. [2] He became a partner with the firm in 1987. [2] In 1991,Seeborg left Morrison &Foerster to become an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California in San Jose,California. [2] He served in that post until 1998,when he returned to Morrison &Foerster,working as a partner and focusing on a litigation practice in the fields of securities,intellectual property,and general commercial matters. [2] [3]
On February 9,2001,Seeborg became a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [2] [3]
On August 7,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Seeborg to be a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [4] On October 15,2009,the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted to send Seeborg's nomination to the full Senate. [5] The Senate confirmed Seeborg by unanimous consent on December 24,2009. He received his commission on January 4,2010. [3] He became Chief Judge on February 1,2021,after Phyllis J. Hamilton assumed senior status. [6]
Seeborg resides in San Francisco,California. [5]
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