Charles R. Breyer

b. 1941 · San Francisco, CA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaJudgeWilliam J. Clinton (Democratic)Nov 12, 1997

Education

  • Harvard College, A.B., 1963
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1966

Professional Career

Law clerk, Hon. Oliver Carter, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1966-1967; Counsel, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco [California], 1967; Assistant district attorney, City and County of San Francisco, California, 1967-1973, 1979; chief assistant, 1979; Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973-1974; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1974-1979, 1980-1997; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2010; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2011-2018; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2013-2022; vice chair, 2013-2017; acting chair, 2021-2022

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