David Chiu
Education
Harvard Law School
Doctor of Law (JD), 1992-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Harvard Kennedy School
Master's in Public Policy, 1991-01-01 - 1995-01-01
Harvard University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Government 1987-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Boston College High School
, 1983-01-01 - 1987-01-01Work Experience
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
Current
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
California State Legislature
2014-12-01 - 2021-10-01
California State Legislature
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
2009-01-01 - 2014-12-01
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Grassroots Enterprise
1999-01-01 - 2008-01-01
Grassroots Enterprise
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
1998-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
1997-01-01 - 1998-01-01
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1996-01-01 - 1997-01-01
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Senate Constitution Subcommittee
1995-01-01 - 1996-01-01
United States Senate Constitution Subcommittee
Skills
Summary
David Chiu is the City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. Previously, David was elected four times to the California State Assembly to represent the 17th Assembly District, which encompasses eastern San Francisco. Before that, David served three terms as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, after being elected to represent District 3, San Francisco's northeast neighborhoods. Before holding public office, David was a civil rights attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, a criminal prosecutor at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, Democratic Counsel to the U.S. Senate Constitution Subcommittee, and a law clerk to a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. David has also been a hands-on community leader in San Francisco, as a Small Business Commissioner, chair of the Lower Polk Neighbors, board president of the Youth Leadership Institute, board chair of the Chinatown Community Development Center, judge-arbitrator for the Polk Street Community Court, and president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. David was elected three times to the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. The son of immigrant parents, David Chiu grew up in Boston and received his undergraduate, law and master’s in public policy degrees from Harvard University. David is married to Candace Chen, a public interest lawyer who manages a refugee foster care program.
