Schiff, who has spearheaded the House's impeachment inquiry of Trump and led all the hearings, will serve as the lead impeachment manager with the other six as his assistants.
In his role, Schiff designed much of the strategy behind the impeachment inquiry, questioned dozens of key witnesses both behind closed doors and in open session, and kept hearings focused and on track.
Schiff served a term in the California State Senate in the late 1990s, and was elected to Congress in 2000. He served as the Intelligence Committee's ranking member starting in 2015 and became its chair when Democrats took back control of the House in 2018.
Before going into politics, Schiff was an assistant US attorney in the Central District of California. He holds a BA from Stanford University and a law degree from Harvard University.