Indira Talwani

Personal

Birthday: 
1960
Birthplace: 
Englewood, NJ
Race or Ethnicity: 
White/Asian Am.
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Stanley A. Weigel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1988-1989
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1989-1999
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-2014

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, September 24, 2013; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Radcliffe College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1982
Name of School - Second: 

University of California Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley Law is a community of thinkers and doers exuberantly engaged in life. We are one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities, in one of the most vibrant places on the planet. At Berkeley Law, we are committed to absolute top-tier education and scholarship. And we are equally committed to using our substantial intellectual capital to help solve real-world problems and to create a more just society. One of our distinguishing features is the extraordinary degree to which our students and faculty partner with people beyond the school: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1988

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Court Name: 

Massachusetts District Court

President Nominating: 
Barack Obama
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
5/12/2014