UC Berkeley Law Alumna Nominated For US District Court Judgeship

BERKELEY, CA — A UC Berkeley alumna has been nominated for a U.S. District Court judgeship.

Judge Trina Thompson was among 10 judicial nominees President Joe Biden’s office announced Wednesday.

Thompson, who graduated from UC Berkeley’s School of Law in 1986, was nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

She has served as a Alameda County Superior Court judge since 2002, and has presided over several high-profile cases including the Ghost Ship fire trial.

Thompson is the first African American woman to be elected judge in Alameda County.

She served as a law clerk and later as an Assistant Public Defender in the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office from 1986 to 1991, and worked as a criminal defense attorney at her own firm, The Law Offices of Trina Thompson-Stanley from 1991 to 2000.

Thompson served as an Alameda County Juvenile Court Commissioner from 2000 to 2002.

She also received her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley in 1983.

Thompson is among two judicial nominees the White House announced Wednesday with UC Berkeley ties.

Jacqueline Corley is the other.

Corley, also a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California nominee, earned a bachelor’s degree with high distinction from UC Berkeley in 1988.