Claudia Ann Wilken

Claudia Wilken
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office December 16, 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office August 31, 2012 – December 16, 2014
Preceded by	James Ware
Succeeded by	Phyllis Jean Hamilton
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office November 22, 1993 – December 16, 2014
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	Haywood Stirling Gilliam, Jr.
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 74–75) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	Stanford University UC Berkeley School of Law

Claudia Ann Wilken (born 1949) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Wilken received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1971 and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1975. She was a Staff attorney of Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of California from 1975 to 1978. She was in private practice in Berkeley, California from 1978 to 1984. She was an Adjunct professor, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law from 1978 to 1984. She was a Professor, New College School of Law from 1980 to 1985.

Wilken was nominated by President Bill Clinton on October 7, 1993, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received her commission on November 22, 1993. She served as chief judge from August 23, 2012 until December 16, 2014, at which time she assumed senior status.

Wilken was formerly a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1983–1993.

Judge Claudia Ann Wilken's official portrait for the U.S. District Court was painted by Scott Wallace Johnston

Notable Cases

In 2014 Wilken ruled against the NCAA in O'Bannon v. NCAA, saying that the organization violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by prohibiting universities from giving student-athletes a share of the revenues earned when their image and personal details were broadcast over television or through other contracts. For this, in 2014 she was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.

Sources

• Claudia Ann Wilken at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.