Edward M. Chen
Edward M. Chen | |||||||||||
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |||||||||||
| Assumed office May 17, 2022 | |||||||||||
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |||||||||||
| In office May 12, 2011 – May 17, 2022 | |||||||||||
| Appointed by | Barack Obama | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Martin Jenkins | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Rita F. Lin | ||||||||||
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |||||||||||
| In office 2001 – May 12, 2011 | |||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | Edward Milton Chen January 20, 1953 Oakland, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD) | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭一芳 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑一芳 | ||||||||||
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Edward Milton Chen (born January 20, 1953) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2001 to 2011.