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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 13, 2012

Obama nominates two for Northern District bench

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar and Deputy Assistant Attorney General William H. Orrick III got the nod from the president on Monday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Moving to fill Northern District bench vacancies, President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon S. Tigar and Deputy Assistant Attorney General William H. Orrick III for federal trial court robes. Tigar is a former commercial litigator at Keker & Van Nest LLP. He got his law degree from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1989. Orrick formerly worked at Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. He was awarded his ...

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