Press Release - President Obama Nominates Judge Charles R. Breyer to Serve on the US Sentencing Commission

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Judge Charles R. Breyer to serve as a Commissioner on the United States Sentencing Commission.

Judge Charles R. Breyer: Nominee for Commissioner, United States Sentencing Commission

Judge Charles R. Breyer currently serves as a United States District Judge in the Northern District of California, a position he has held since 1998. Previously, he worked at the law firm now known as Coblenz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP from 1974 to 1997, with a brief stint as Chief Assistant District Attorney for San Francisco in 1979. From 1973 to 1974, Judge Breyer spent a year working as an Assistant Special Prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. He also served as an Assistant District Attorney in San Francisco from 1967 to 1973. Judge Breyer began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Oliver J. Carter of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He received his J.D. in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and his B.A. cum laude in 1963 from Harvard College.