Home > Judges

District Judge
Edward M. Chen

San Francisco Courthouse, Courtroom 5 - 17th Floor
450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102

Weekly Court Calendar Schedule

Criminal Law & Motion	Wednesdays	2:30 p.m.
Civil Law & Motion	Thursdays	1:30 p.m.
Initial CMC	Thursdays	9:00 a.m.
Further CMC/Status	Thursdays	10:30 a.m.
Pretrial Conference	Tuesdays	2:30 p.m.
Trial	8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Dark on Thursdays)

Staff

Calendar Clerk & Courtroom Deputy	Betty Lee (Fong)	415-522-2034
	emccrd@cand.uscourts.gov
Civil Case Docketing	Sheila Rash	415-522-2099
	Sheila_Rash@cand.uscourts.gov
Criminal Case Docketing
Case terminal digits 1-3:	Ruby Woo	415-522-2076
Case terminal digits 4-6:	Lori Murray	415-522-2093
Case terminal digits 7-0:	Mark Jenkins	415-522-2042
Chambers		415-522-2034
Email for Proposed Orders:	EMCpo@cand.uscourts.gov
Email for PDF Follow-Ups:	EMCpdf@cand.uscourts.gov (Civil) CRIMpdf@cand.uscourts.gov (Criminal)

About District Judge Edward M. Chen

Born 1953 in Oakland, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
Nominated by Barack Obama on August 6, 2009 and renominated on January 20, 2010, September 13, 2010, and January 5, 2011, to a seat vacated by Martin J. Jenkins; Confirmed by the Senate on May 10, 2011, and received commission on May 12, 2011.

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2001-2011

Education:
University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1975
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1979

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1979-1980
Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, 1980-1981
Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1981-1982
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985
Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001