Richard Seeborg

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Early life and education

Seeborg was born in 1956 in Landstuhl town, Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate state, Germany.[2]

Seeborg received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude with a major in history from Yale University in May 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1981.[3]

From 1981 to 1982, Seeborg served as a law clerk to Judge John H. Pratt of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.[3][4]

Career

In 1982, Seeborg joined the San Francisco law firm of Morrison & Foerster as an associate.[3] He became a partner with the firm in 1987.[3] In 1991, Seeborg left Morrison & Foerster to become an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of California in San Jose, California.[3] He served in that post until 1998, when he returned to Morrison & Foerster, working as a partner and focusing on a litigation practice in the fields of securities, intellectual property, and general commercial matters.[3][4]

Federal judicial service

On February 9, 2001, Seeborg became a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[3][4]

On August 7, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Seeborg to be a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.[5] On October 15, 2009, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted to send Seeborg's nomination to the full Senate.[6] The Senate confirmed Seeborg by unanimous consent on December 24, 2009. He received his commission on January 4, 2010.[4] He became chief judge on February 1, 2021, after Phyllis J. Hamilton assumed senior status.[7]

Notable rulings

  • On April 8, 2019, Seeborg ruled that non-Mexican asylum seekers did not have to stay in Mexico while awaiting their court proceedings.[10]

Personal

Seeborg resides in San Francisco, California.[6]

References

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