Magistrate Judge Ajay S. Krishnan

Please click the link below to join Zoom Webinars (public hearings). If you are a case participant, you will join as an attendee, then you will be brought into the proceeding by court staff.

https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1603233869?pwd=woBNcKQ2OWjc8tQjPceAKThD7o015b.1

Judge’s Webinar Link
Webinar ID: 160 323 3869  
Password:  817035

IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you are a case participant (attorney, party, witness, or other person who will actively participate in the hearing), it is strongly recommended that you join Zoom using the Zoom application rather than by a telephone connection.  If you must appear by telephone, the numbers posted for each judge are for the public and are listen-only, so you will need to contact the Courtroom Deputy (CRD) at least one business day before the hearing to request a Zoom invitation (which will be sent via email) in order to join the hearing as a case participant.

Phone: (669) 254-5252 or (646) 828-7666
International numbers: https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/u/advFLxrTkx
H.323: 161.199.138.10 (US West) or 161.199.136.10 (US East)
SIP:   1603233869@sip.zoomgov.com  

The court will use Zoom Meetings (as opposed to Zoom Webinars) for settlement conferences and other non-public hearings.  To join a meeting, click on the link below.  You will initially enter a “waiting room” and will be admitted into the meeting by court staff.

https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1612736541?pwd=a9eS3rVYKzKpJo61zGP20HDbbFvv2a.1

Judge’s Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 161 273 6541
Password: 323285

IMPORTANT NOTE:  If you are a case participant (attorney, party, witness, or other person who will actively participate in the hearing), it is strongly recommended that you join Zoom using the Zoom application rather than by a telephone connection.  If you must appear by telephone, the numbers posted for each judge are for the public and are listen-only, so you will need to contact the Courtroom Deputy (CRD) at least one business day before the hearing to request a Zoom invitation (which will be sent via email) in order to join the hearing as a case participant.

Phone: (669) 254-5252 or (646) 828-7666
International numbers: https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/u/advFLxrTkx
H.323: 161.199.138.10 (US West) or 161.199.136.10 (US East)
SIP:   1612736541@sip.zoomgov.com 

Magistrate Judge Ajay Krishnan joined the Court in 2026, following twenty-three years of practice as a litigator. He spent the bulk of his career at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP, where he practiced for twenty years and served as a partner for the past fifteen. During his tenure, he tried more than a dozen cases and handled a broad range of matters, including intellectual property disputes—spanning patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret litigation—contract disputes, business torts, securities cases, class actions, and personal injury cases, among others. Judge Krishnan also maintained a vigorous civil rights practice, representing clients in both individual and high-impact civil rights cases. He has litigated in both federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration. During his last ten years in private practice, he represented plaintiffs and defendants in roughly equal measure.

Before joining Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP, he served as a Staff Attorney with the ACLU of Northern California. Additionally, he has volunteered at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted misdemeanor cases. Prior to his appointment, Judge Krishnan served on the Northern District of California’s Patent Local Rules Committee, and he continues in that role now. He is also a member of the American Law Institute.

Judge Krishnan earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, magna cum laude, from Rice University—where he specialized in bio-engineering and computer engineering. He received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Marsha Berzon on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.