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Trina Lynn Thompson (born June 3, 1961) is an American judge who serves as a
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of the
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. She previously served as a state court judge of the
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.


Education

Thompson received her
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from the
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in 1983 and her
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from the
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in 1986.


Career

From 1986 to 1991, Thompson served as a
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and later as a deputy public defender in the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. From 1991 to 2000, she served as a
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at her own law firm, The Law Offices of Trina Thompson-Stanley, in
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. From 2000 to 2002, she was a Juvenile Court Commissioner in Alameda County Superior Court. In 2002, she was elected as a judge on the Alameda County Superior Court in
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; she was the first
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woman elected to the court. She was sworn-in in January 2003. In 2011, President
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appointed Thompson to serve on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. From 2014 to 2021, she was a lecturer at the
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and since 2018 she has been an
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at the
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.


Federal judicial service

On November 3, 2021, President
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nominated Thompson to serve as a
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of the
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. President Biden nominated Thompson to the seat vacated by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, who assumed senior status on February 1, 2021. On January 3, 2022, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the
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; she was later renominated the same day. On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the
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. On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On May 17, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–46 vote. On May 18, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 51–44 vote. She received her judicial commission on August 5, 2022.


See also

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List of African-American federal judges This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judge In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. Often called "Article III ju ...
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List of African-American jurists This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars. Individuals who may have obtained law degrees o ...


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* 1961 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American women lawyers 21st-century American women judges African-American judges California state court judges Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Lawyers from Oakland, California Public defenders Superior court judges in the United States UC Berkeley School of Law alumni UC Berkeley School of Law faculty United States district court judges appointed by Joe Biden University of California, Berkeley alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty 20th-century African-American lawyers {{US-federal-judge-stub