
Career Highlights: Appointed District Judge by Pres. Joseph Biden, 2022; appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge, 2011; partner, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, 2009-11; career law clerk for U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, San Francisco, 1998-2009; associate, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco, 1994-98; associate, Goodwin, Procter LLP, Boston, 1993-94
Law School: Harvard Univ Law School
Asked about a seemingly small moment that rippled through her life, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley instantly shot back with a year.
"It was 1997 when I was pregnant with my second child," she replied.
President Bill Clinton had just secured reelection and nominated Charles Breyer to the Northern District of California. Corley and Breyer got to talking, and he asked her t... (continued)