Know Your Judge: Vince G. Chhabria

This week in Know Your Judge, we feature Vince G. Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Chhabria was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014. Before joining the federal bench, Chhabria served as deputy city attorney in San Francisco from 2005 until 2014. He spent two years as an associate at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP.

Chhabria last year gave final approval to a $27 million proposed deal to end a dispute between Lyft Inc. and and its drivers, who challenged the company’s practice of classifying them as independent contractors rather than ...