Trina Thompson

Trina Thompson is an American state court judge of the Alameda County Superior Court who is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Trina Thompson
Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court
Assumed office
January 2003
Personal details
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA, JD)

Education

Thompson received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983 and her Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1986.[1]

From 1986 to 1991, Thompson served as a law clerk and later as an assistant public defender in the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office. From 1991 to 2000, she served as a criminal defense attorney at her own law firm, The Law Offices of Trina Thompson-Stanley. From 2000 to 2002, she was a Juvenile Court Commissioner in Alameda County Superior Court.[1] In 2002, she was elected as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland, California; she was the first African-American woman elected to the court. She was sworn-in in January 2003.[2] In 2011, President Obama appointed Judge Thompson to serve on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention[3]

Nomination to district court

On November 3, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Thompson to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. President Biden nominated Thompson to the seat vacated by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, who took senior status on February 1, 2021.[4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References
  1. "President Biden Names Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Judge Trina Thompson" (PDF). law.berkeley.edu. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  3. "Trina Thompson".
  4. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 3, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.



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