Albert Charles Wollenberg Explained

Albert Charles Wollenberg
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Term Start:April 30, 1975
Term End:April 19, 1981
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Term Start1:May 19, 1958
Term End1:April 30, 1975
Appointer1:Dwight D. Eisenhower
Predecessor1:Michael Joseph Roche
Successor1:William Schwarzer
Birth Name:Albert Charles Wollenberg
Birth Date:13 June 1900
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Death Place:San Francisco, California
State Assembly2:California
District2:21st
Term2:January 4, 1943 - September 19, 1947
Preceded2:John D. Welch
Succeeded2:Arthur H. Connolly Jr.
State Assembly3:California
District3:27th
Term3:January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943
Preceded3:Jefferson E. Peyser
Succeeded3:Harrison W. Call
Party:Republican
Battles:World War I
Education:University of California, Berkeley (A.B.)

Albert Charles Wollenberg (June 13, 1900 – April 19, 1981) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education and career

Born in San Francisco, California, Wollenberg received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1922 and a Juris Doctor from the UC Berkeley School of Law in 1924. He was in private practice in San Francisco from 1924 to 1927, and was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of California from 1927 to 1934, returning to private practice in San Francisco until 1947. He was a member of the California State Assembly for the 27th and 21st district from 1939 to 1947, when he became a Judge of the Superior Court of California for the City and County of San Francisco.

Federal judicial service

On April 24, 1958, Wollenberg was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Judge Michael Joseph Roche. Wollenberg was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 15, 1958, and received his commission on May 19, 1958. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1966 to 1969. He assumed senior status on April 30, 1975. Wollenberg served in that capacity until his death on April 19, 1981, in San Francisco.

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