Charles Breyer's Biography
- Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court - Northern
Contact Information
Office
San Francisco Courthouse
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Courtroom 6, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Full Name:
Charles R. Breyer
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
1941
Birth Place:
San Francisco, California
JD, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California-Berkeley, 1966
AB, Harvard College, 1963
No political experience information on file.
Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission, 2016-present
Member, United State Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2011-2018
Vice Chair, United States Sentencing Commission, 2013-2016
Senior Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2011-present
Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1997-2011
Attorney, Private Practice, San Francisco, California, 1974-1979, 1980-1997
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, November 12, 1997
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, July 24, 1997
Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office, City & County of San Francisco, California, 1967-1973, 1979
Chief Assistant District Attorney, District Attorney's Office, City and County of San Francisco, California, 1979
Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974
Law Clerk, Honorable Oliver Carter, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 1966-1967
Counsel, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, California, 1967
Member, American Law Institute
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2010