Charles Roberts Breyer (born November 3, 1941) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Breyer served as chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2018 to 2022.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Member · 2011–2018- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2006–2010
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1974–1979, 1980–1997
- City and County of San Francisco, CaliforniaAssistant district attorney · 1967–1973, 1979
- ↳chief assistant · 1979
- Watergate Special Prosecution ForceAssistant special prosecutor · 1973–1974
Law clerk , Hon. Oliver Carter · 1966–1967- Legal Aid Society of San Francisco [California]Counsel · 1967
Appointments
- 1997–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D. · 1966
- Harvard CollegeA.B. · 1963