High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jeremy Don Fogel (born September 17, 1949) is a former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. An appointee of President Bill Clinton, Fogel previously was a judge for the municipal court and superior court of Santa Clara County, California from 1981 to 1998. On October 3, 2011, he resigned to become head of the Federal Judicial Center.