Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 12, 2002
Calling Them As She Sees Them
OAKLAND - U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken looked bemused when a prospective juror denounced government workers as slackers. The venireman, a grizzled self-employed rancher, said during voir dire recently it would be hard for him to be fair to a plaintiff who was suing his state agency over alleged job bias.
Claudia Wilken
U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, Oakland
Career Highlights
Appointed by President Clinton, 1994; appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge, 1983; partner, Wilken & Leverett, 1978-84; lecturer in criminal trial practice, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1978-84; professor of criminal procedure, New College School of Law, 1980-85; staff attorney, federal public defender, San Francisco, 1975-78.
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