Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

Maria Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (born February 1, 1965) is an American lawyer serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She was previously a California state court judge on the Alameda County Superior Court from 2008 to 2011. Early life and education Rogers was born Maria Yvonne Gonzalez in 1965 in Houston. She graduated from Princeton University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. From 1987 to 1988, she worked as a legal researcher at a law firm in New Haven, Connecticut. She then attended the University of Texas School of Law, graduating in 1991 with a Juris Doctor. Career