Lucy H. Koh
| Lucy H. Koh | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #13 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 6/9/2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Ronald Whyte |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1968 |
| Home State: | Washington, DC |
| Bachelors: | Harvard U., B.A., 1990 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1993 |
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Lucy H. Koh is a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [1] She was nominated by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2010 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 90-0 on June 7, 2010. [2]
Early life and education
Judge Koh earned her B.A. in 1990 from Harvard University and her J.D. in 1993 from Harvard Law School. [3]
Professional career
After graduating from law school, Judge Koh served as a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Fellow. She then worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, first as a Special Counsel in the Office of Legislative Affairs, and later as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General. In 1997, she moved to Los Angeles to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California as an Assistant United States Attorney. In 2000, she joined the private sector in Silicon Valley. She was appointed to the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara by Governor Schwarzenegger in January 2008. Prior to her appointment to the Superior Court, she was a litigation partner at McDermott Will & Emery. [2][1]
Judicial career
Northern District of California
On January 20, 2010, on the recommendation of Senator Boxer, President Obama nominated Koh to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. [3] She was nominated to the seat vacated when Ronald Whyte assumed senior status. [4]
Koh is the first Korean-American district judge in United States history. [5][6]
Koh was rated "Unanimously Qualified" by the American Bar Association. [7]
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Koh had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 11, 2010. She received some questions from Republican Senator Jeff Sessions regarding her writings in law school where she said that minority judges must maintain the "disguise of objectivity" or face challenges. Sessions expressed concern about what that might mean about her own objectivity on the bench. Koh responded by saying that she'd forgotten that she ever wrote the passage and that "I completely disagree that there is no objectivity. Our rule of law would break down if everyone were to insert their own personal biases." [8] The Committee voted to forward her nomination to the full Senate on March 4, 2010 [9][10] and on June 7, 2010 the Senate voted 90 - 0 to confirm Koh as a federal judge. [11]
Notable cases
Awards and associations
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California [3]
See also
External links
- Reuters, "Judge halts sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in U.S.," June 27, 2012
- Website of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County
- California Courts, Trial Court Roster
- Lucy H. Koh on the FJC's Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lucy H. Koh on the FJC's Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Santa Clara judge wins Senate confirmation" Chronicle, June 08, 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 White House Press Release "President Obama Nominates Five to Serve on the United States District Court Bench", January 20, 2010
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle "Obama picks Korean American for federal bench", January 22, 2010
- ↑ The Mercury News "Obama nominates Santa Clara County Judge Lucy Koh to federal bench", January 20, 2010
- ↑ Politico "Obama boosts judicial diversity", June 7, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
- ↑ Mercury News "Valley judge draws closer to elevation to San Jose federal bench", February 11, 2010
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle "San Jose judge one step away from federal bench", March 4, 2010
- ↑ Mercury News "Senate committee votes to confirm judge to San Jose federal court", March 4, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Nominations and Confirmations: 111th Congress
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ronald Whyte |
Northern District of California 2010–Current Seat #13 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • Diana Saldaña • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
Louis Butler • Charles Day • Linda T. Walker • Goodwin Liu • Victoria F. Nourse • Michael C. Green • Natasha P. Silas • | ||
