Phyllis Hamilton
| Phyllis Hamilton | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #15 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 5/25/2000 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Past post: | Federal magistrate judge |
| Past term: | 1991 - 2000 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1952 |
| Home State: | Jacksonville, IL |
| Bachelors: | Stanford U., B.A., 1974 |
| Law School: | Santa Clara U. School of Law, J.D., 1976 |
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Phyllis Hamilton is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She joined the court in 2000 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
A native of Illinois, Hamilton graduated from Stanford University with her Bachelor's Degree in 1974 before later graduating from Santa Clara University School of Law with her Juris Doctorate Degree in 1976.
Professional career
Hamilton began her career as a Deputy public defender in the Office of the California Public Defender from 1976 to 1980. In 1980, Hamilton took a brief recess from the legal profession to be a Manager of Equal Employment Opportunity Programs for Farinon Electric Corporation in 1980 before getting her first judicial experience as a Administrative judge for theU.S. Merit Systems Protection Board representing the San Francisco from 1980 to 1985 before becoming a Court commissioner in the Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Judicial District Muncipal Court from 1985 to 1991.
Judicial career
Northern District of California
Hamilton began her Federal judicial career as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as Hamilton was apppointed to a full eight year term as a federal magistrate judge in 1991, and was re-appointed again in 1999 before she was elevated in the ranks of the Federal judiciary in 2000.
On the unanimous recommendation of U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstien, Hamilton was nominated by President Bill Clinton February 9, 2000 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089, 5105. Hamilton was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 2000 on a majority voice vote and received commission on May 25, 2000.[1]
Notable cases
Federal tax scheme
| United States District Court for the Northern District of California *US v. Cathcart No. C 07-4762 PJH |
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| Judge Hamilton was the presiding judge in a case involving a stock and lending scheme that would have resulted in the government losing tax revenue. Charles Cathcart, an economist, was ordered to not engage in a scheme that made promises to shareholders of not paying capital gains taxes in exchange for trading stocks into high interest loans. Cathcart has had previous orders from the judge to not engage in the investment scheme.[2] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Northern District of California 2000–Current Seat #15 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
