David L. Anderson (attorney)
David L. Anderson | |
|---|---|
| United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Nominee) | |
| Assuming office Pending Senate confirmation | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Melinda Haag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | United States |
| Education | San Jose State University, (B.S.) Stanford Law School, (J.D.) |
David L. Anderson is an American attorney. He currently practices law at the law firm of Sidley Austin. He has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Education
He received his Bachelor of Science, with distinction, from San Jose State University, and his Juris Doctor, with distinction, from Stanford Law School.[1]
Legal career
Anderson clerked for Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court; for John Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and George H. Aldrich of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague
He previously served as First Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California from 2008 to 2010 and as an Assistant United States Attorney from 1998 to 2002.[1]
Nomination as U.S. Attorney
On August 16, 2018 President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Anderson to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California.
On August 27, 2018 his nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[2] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
References
- ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees and Twelfth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees", The White House, August 16, 2018
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today", White House, August 27, 2018
