Northern District (San Francisco)
Career Highlights: Nominated as Northern District judge by President Barack Obama, July 25, 2013; deputy city attorney, Chief of Appellate Litigation, San Francisco city attorney’s office, 2005-2014; associate, Covington & Burling LLP, 2002-2004; law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 2001-2002; associate, Keker & Van Nest LLP, 2000-2001; law clerk, 9th Circuit Judge James R. Browning, 1999-2000; law clerk, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, 1998-1999
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1998
Career Highlights: Nominated as Northern District judge by President Barack Obama, July 25, 2013; deputy city attorney, Chief of Appellate Litigation, San Francisco city attorney’s office, 2005-2014; associate, Covington & Burling LLP, 2002-2004; law clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 2001-2002; associate, Keker & Van Nest LLP, 2000-2001; law clerk, 9th Circuit Judge James R. Browning, 1999-2000; law clerk, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, 1998-1999
Law School: UC Berkeley School of Law, 1998
SAN FRANCISCO -- Vince Chhabria never expected to be a judge and was specifically told at one point in his career that his work would disqualify him from the bench. But changing times and several twists of fate led him to become the first Indian-American federal judge in California history.
Chhabria didn't think much about the concept of becoming a judge when he was a kid but he knew he wanted to be an attorney when he s... (continued)
