Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers received her commission to serve as a United States District
Court Judge for the Northern District of California in 2011 from President Barack Obama. Prior
to her role on the United States court, she served as a trial judge for the State of California and
before that was a partner for the law firm of Cooley LLP.

In her capacity as both a state and federal judge, she has presided over thousands of civil and
criminal cases and over 70 trials, including class action trials. Her cases include a broad range of categories including patent, antitrust, intellectual property, administrative, environmental,
employment, ERISA, securities, civil rights, and general business to name a few. In 2023, she
began presiding over an MDL against the major social media companies for injuries to
adolescents brought by more than 30 state Attorney Generals and over 1900 school districts
and individuals. In 2021, she presided over the highly publicized antitrust action between Epic
Games, Inc. and Apple, Inc. She has sat numerous times by designation on the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals.

Other MDLs included In Re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation involving criminal and civil
proceedings for direct and indirect purchasers; In Re Air Crash at San Francisco, California, on
July 6, 2013 for the individual claims of those on the Asiana airplane that crashed on landing;
and In Re United Specialty Insurance Company Ski Pass Insurance Litigation arising from claims
on insurance policies when ski resorts were closed due to COVID-19.

In addition to her judicial duties, Judge Gonzalez Rogers serves on numerous judiciary
committees, including the U.S. Conference Committees on Defender Services and the judiciary’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. For 15 years, she has served as a member of the Council of the American Law Institute. She is an Advisor to the new project on Constitutional Torts and has worked on projects related to Privacy, Employment, Unjust Enrichment, and Copyright.

She served as the Judicial Representative to the ABA Section on Antitrust and Competition. She
currently serves as President of the Ninth Circuit District Judges Association and has served on
numerous boards, including the Board of Trustees for Princeton University and numerous Latinx organizations.

Judge Gonzalez Rogers was born and raised in Texas. She graduated cum laude from Princeton
University and received her J.D. from the University of Texas, Austin after completing her final
year of classes at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.