• University of California School of Law, Boalt Hall, J.D. (1971)

• Bankruptcy Judge Northern District of California, Oakland Division (1987)

• 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.