Trina Thompson

Trina Thompson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 5, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byPhyllis J. Hamilton
Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court
In office
January 2003 – August 5, 2022
Succeeded byMaria Morga
Personal details
Born (1961-06-03) June 3, 1961 (age 63)
Oakland, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)

Trina Lynn Thompson (born June 3, 1961)[1] is American judge who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She previously served as a state court judge of the Alameda County Superior Court.

Education

Thompson received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983 and her Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1986.[2]

Career

From 1986 to 1991, Thompson served as a law clerk and later as a deputy public defender in the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. From 1991 to 2000, she served as a criminal defense attorney at her own law firm, The Law Offices of Trina Thompson-Stanley, in Oakland. From 2000 to 2002, she was a Juvenile Court Commissioner in Alameda County Superior Court.[2] In 2002, she was elected as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland, California; she was the first African-American woman elected to the court. She was sworn-in in January 2003.[3] In 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Thompson to serve on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.[4] From 2014 to 2021, she was a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley and since 2018 she has been an adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law.[5]

Federal judicial service

On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Thompson to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. President Biden nominated Thompson to the seat vacated by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, who assumed senior status on February 1, 2021.[6] On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate;[7] she was later renominated the same day.[8] On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[9] On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[10] On May 17, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–46 vote.[11] On May 18, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–44 vote.[12] She received her judicial commission on August 5, 2022.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Judicial Profile: Trina Thompson Stanley". Law.com. May 24, 2005.
  2. ^ a b "President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Judge Trina Thompson" (PDF). law.berkeley.edu. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  4. ^ "Obama names East Bay judge to national council". Sac Cultural Hub. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "PN1359 - Nomination of Trina L. Thompson for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Trina L. Thompson to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California)". United States Senate. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Trina L. Thompson, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California)". United States Senate. May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  13. ^ Trina Thompson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
2022–present 		Incumbent


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