Jinsook Ohta

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Jinsook Ohta
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Assumed office
December 27, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byBarry Ted Moskowitz
Judge of the San Diego County Superior Court
In office
December 8, 2020 – December 27, 2021
Appointed byGavin Newsom
Preceded byLantz Lewis
Personal details
Born
Jin Sook Lee

1976 (age 45–46)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationYale University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Jinsook Ohta (born 1976)[1][2] is an American attorney and United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She previously served as a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court.

Education[]

Ohta received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University in 1998 and her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 2001.[3]

Career[]

Ohta served as a law clerk for Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California from 2001 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2008. From 2002 to 2003, she was an associate with O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles from and from 2003 to 2006, she was an associate with Sheppard Mullin in San Diego. From 2006 to 2007, she was an assistant professor of law at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.[1] From 2011 to 2021, Ohta worked in the consumer protection section of the California Attorney General's office, first as deputy attorney general from 2011 to 2019 and then as a supervising deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020.[3] On December 8, 2020, governor Gavin Newsom appointed Ohta to be a judge of the San Diego County Superior Court.[1]

Federal judicial service[]

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Ohta to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. President Biden nominated Ohta to the seat vacated by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz, who took senior status on January 23, 2019.[4] On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On December 2, 2021, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[6] On December 17, 2021, her nomination was confirmed by a 47–24 vote.[7] She receieved her commission on December 27, 2021.[8] Ohta is the first Asian Pacific American female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Yamamoto, J. K. (2020-12-22). "Newsom Appoints Superior Court Judges". Rafu Shimpo. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees", White House, September 30, 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jinsook Ohta, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California)". United States Senate. December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ohta, Jinsook". Federal Judicial Center. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Diamond, Jeremy (September 30, 2021). "Biden nominates 10 more to federal bench, with continued focus on diversity". CNN. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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