Hon. Leslie J. Tchaikovsky

Education: University of California School of Law, Boalt Hall, J.D. (1971)
Appointed: Bankruptcy Judge Northern District of California, Oakland Division (1987)
Practice: Partner in the former San Francisco law firm of Dinkelspiel, Donovan & Reder where she specialized in bankruptcy law and commercial litigation.
Affiliations: Since appointment, has served on Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal; Board of Governors of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; and Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Committee to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

Currently, member of the Education Committee for the Ninth Circuit. During her years in private practice, Judge Tchaikovsky served as Co-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar and as Chair of the Business Law and Bankruptcy Section of the San Francisco Bar Association.