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{{Short description|American judge (born 1942)}} |
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| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] |
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| office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] |
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| term_start1 = May 10, 1995 |
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| appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton|Bill Clinton]] |
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| successor1 = [[Richard Seeborg]] |
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| birth_name = Maxine Sharon Kurtz<ref name="Q" /> |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|10|29}}<ref name="Q">{{Cite book |last=Judiciary |first=United States Congress Senate Committee on the |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bto1hy9MjBcC&pg=PA412 |title=Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary |date=1996 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=412 |language=en}}</ref> |
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[[File:Judge_Maxine_Chesney_official_portrait_for_United_States_District_Court_by_Scott_Johnston.jpg|thumb|Judge Maxine Chesney's official portrait for the U.S. District Court was painted by Scott Wallace Johnston]] |
[[File:Judge_Maxine_Chesney_official_portrait_for_United_States_District_Court_by_Scott_Johnston.jpg|thumb|Judge Maxine Chesney's official portrait for the U.S. District Court was painted by Scott Wallace Johnston]] |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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⚫ | Chesney was born on October 29, 1942 in [[San Francisco, California]].<ref name=recorder_20030805>Jason Hoppin, [http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?hubtype=&id=900005391813&Judicial_Profile_Maxine_Chesney Judicial Profile: Maxine Chesney], ''The Recorder'' (August 5, 2003).</ref><ref name=fjc_chesney>{{ |
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⚫ | Chesney was born on October 29, 1942, in [[San Francisco]], [[California]].<ref name=recorder_20030805>Jason Hoppin, [http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?hubtype=&id=900005391813&Judicial_Profile_Maxine_Chesney Judicial Profile: Maxine Chesney], ''The Recorder'' (August 5, 2003).</ref><ref name=fjc_chesney>{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chesney-maxine-m.|title=Chesney, Maxine M. - Federal Judicial Center}}</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1964 and a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley School of Law|University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law]] in 1967. She was an attorney, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney, California from 1968 to 1979. She was a trial attorney from 1968 to 1969. She was a senior trial attorney from 1969 to 1971. She was a Principal trial attorney from 1971 to 1976. She was a Head trial attorney in 1976. She was an Assistant chief deputy from 1976 to 1979. |
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===Municipal court judge=== |
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Chesney was a judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court, California from 1979 to 1983. She was a judge on the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, appointed and subsequently elected from 1983 to 1995. |
Chesney was a judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court, California from 1979 to 1983. She was a judge on the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, appointed and subsequently elected from 1983 to 1995. |
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===Federal judicial service=== |
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In 1994, Chesney was nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] vacated by [[John P. Vukasin |
In 1994, Chesney was nominated by President [[Bill Clinton]] to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] vacated by [[John P. Vukasin Jr.]], but the [[United States Senate]] took no action on the nomination. However, President Clinton successfully resubmitted the nomination on January 24, 1995, and Chesney was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 1995, receiving her commission on May 10, 1995. She assumed [[senior status]] on June 30, 2009.<ref name=fjc_chesney /> |
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==Notes== |
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* {{FJC Bio|418|nid=1379046|name=Maxine M. Chesney<!--(1942–)-->}} <!-- |
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* [https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/chesney-maxine-m. FJC Bio] |
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 15 April 2024
Maxine M. Chesney | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
Assumed office June 30, 2009 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
In office May 10, 1995 – June 30, 2009 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | John P. Vukasin Jr. |
Succeeded by | Richard Seeborg |
Personal details | |
Born | Maxine Sharon Kurtz[1] October 29, 1942[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD) |
Maxine Mackler Chesney (born October 29, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Early life and education
[edit]Chesney was born on October 29, 1942, in San Francisco, California.[2][3] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1967. She was an attorney, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney, California from 1968 to 1979. She was a trial attorney from 1968 to 1969. She was a senior trial attorney from 1969 to 1971. She was a Principal trial attorney from 1971 to 1976. She was a Head trial attorney in 1976. She was an Assistant chief deputy from 1976 to 1979.
Judicial career
[edit]Municipal court judge
[edit]Chesney was a judge on the San Francisco Municipal Court, California from 1979 to 1983. She was a judge on the Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco, appointed and subsequently elected from 1983 to 1995.
Federal judicial service
[edit]In 1994, Chesney was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by John P. Vukasin Jr., but the United States Senate took no action on the nomination. However, President Clinton successfully resubmitted the nomination on January 24, 1995, and Chesney was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 1995, receiving her commission on May 10, 1995. She assumed senior status on June 30, 2009.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Judiciary, United States Congress Senate Committee on the (1996). Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 412.
- ^ Jason Hoppin, Judicial Profile: Maxine Chesney, The Recorder (August 5, 2003).
- ^ a b "Chesney, Maxine M. - Federal Judicial Center".
References
[edit]- Maxine M. Chesney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- California state court judges
- District attorneys in California
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- UC Berkeley School of Law faculty
- UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
- Lawyers from San Francisco
- American women legal scholars
- American legal scholars
- 20th-century American judges
- 21st-century American judges
- 20th-century American women judges
- 21st-century American women judges