Career Highlights: Appointed Santa Clara County Superior Court judge by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Nov. 10, 2021; senior director of investigations and litigation, Fortinet. Inc., April-December 2021; of counsel, Fenwick & West LLC, 2016-21; vice president, Stroz Friedberg LLC, 2015-16; assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California, 2005-15; litigation associate, Jones Day, 2004-05; assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, 2002 -04; litigation associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 1999-2001; litigation associate, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, 1998-99; litigation associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,1996-98; litigation associate, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae LLP, 1995-1996
Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1995
SANTA CLARA - Despite exploring almost every corner of the legal field during his long, winding, bicoastal road to the bench, Superior Court Judge Hanley Chew loves the nuts and bolts of being a judge most.
While many judges spend decades working exclusively in either the private or public sphere before taking office, Chew spent 2 1/2 decades as an attorney switching lanes between being a federal prosecutor and a big law litigator.
He even had a brief eight-... (continued)