Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 28, 2001
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SAN FRANCISCO - Two things distinguish the appointment of U.S. Magistrate Edward M. Chen to the Northern District bench: He is the first Asian-American on the court - a distinction of which he is understandably proud - and he spent 16 years working for the American Civil Liberties Union on landmark anti-discrimination cases - something he prefers to downplay.
U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California
Career Highlights: Selected as magistrate by the district court's judges December, 2000; staff counsel, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California 1985-2001; associate, Coblentz Cahen McCabe & Breyer; 1982-1985; law clerk, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Justice James R. Browning, 1981-1982; law clerk, U.S. Northern District Judge Charles B. Renfrew, ...
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