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Fern M. Smith

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 1988

Fern M. Smith , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Fern Enid Meyerson Smith (born November 7, 1933) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education

  • Foothill Community CollegeA.A., 1970
  • Stanford UniversityB.A., 1972
  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1975

Career

Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1975-1986; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, 1986-1988; Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1999-2003

Biography

Fern Enid Meyerson Smith (born November 7, 1933) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

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