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Vaughn R. Walker

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 1989

Vaughn R. Walker , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Vaughn Richard Walker (born 1944) is an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011. Walker presided over the original trial in Hollingsworth v. Perry, where he found California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.

Education

  • University of MichiganA.B., 1966
  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D., 1970

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Robert J. Kelleher, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1971-1972; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1972-1990

Biography

Vaughn Richard Walker (born 1944) is an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1989 to 2011. Walker presided over the original trial in Hollingsworth v. Perry, where he found California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional.

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