Career Highlights: Appointed U.S. district judge, Northern District of California by President Joe Biden, 2022; judge, Alameda County Superior Court, 2003-22; juvenile court commissioner, Alameda County Superior Court, 2001-02; private practice, Oakland and San Jose, 1991-2000; assistant public defender, Alameda County Public Defender's Office, 1987-91; postgraduate law clerk, Alameda County Public Defender's Office, 1986-1987
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1986
U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson's induction ceremony was hosted and catered by Old Skool Cafe, a restaurant in San Francisco's Bayview Hunter's Point neighborhood run by foster and at-risk children.
"The community caused me to become a judge," she said, noting that teachers and mentors had fallen into her life when she most needed them. "The community invested in me, and I can't pay all those people back, but I can pay it forward,&q... (continued)
