Todd Kim

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Todd Kim
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United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
Assumed office
2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJeffrey Clark
1st Solicitor General of the District of Columbia
In office
March 22, 2006 – November 22, 2017
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byLoren AliKhan[1]
Personal details
Born
Todd Sunhwae Kim

New Jersey[2]
Alma materHarvard College
Harvard Law School

Todd Sunhwae Kim is an American attorney serving as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division. He earlier served as the first Solicitor General for the District of Columbia for nearly 12 years. He was twice nominated by President Barack Obama for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, but the Senate held no hearings on his nominations, which expired without action.[3]

Early life and education[]

Kim was born and raised in New Jersey. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1997, where he was an executive editor of the Harvard Law Review, and received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, in biology from Harvard College in 1994. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judith Rogers on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[2]

Professional career[]

Kim served for seven years as an appellate attorney for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division.[4]

Solicitor general for the District of Columbia[]

He was the first solicitor general for the District of Columbia, serving from 2006 to 2017.[5] He was appointed by Attorney General Robert J. Spagnoletti to be responsible for all of the District's appellate litigation before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.[6] In 2017, his final year as solicitor general, Kim argued on behalf of the District in the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Wesby.[7]

Expired District of Columbia court nomination[]

In February 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Kim to a seat on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, but his nomination never received a final vote in the Senate.[8] On April 30, 2015, President Obama re-nominated Kim to the position,[9] but the Senate did not act on that nomination either.[10]

Private practice[]

In January 2018, he became a partner in Reed Smith's appellate practice.[11] He left the firm in January 2021, joining the Biden administration as a deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy.[12]

Assistant Attorney General for Environment and Natural Resources[]

On March 15, 2021, it was announced that President Joe Biden would nominate Kim to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division.[13][14] On April 14, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[15] On May 13, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.[16] On July 26, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on Kim's nomination in a 54–41 vote.[17] The following day, the Senate confirmed Kim in a 58–41 vote.[18]

Personal life[]

On February 22, 2004, Kim appeared as the first contestant on a short-run Who Wants to Be a Millionaire spin-off game show called Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire, where he won $500,000. Kim decided to walk away from his $1,000,000 question.[19]

Kim is married to Carolyn Kim; they have two sons.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Attorney General Racine Appoints Loren AliKhan as the District's Second Solicitor General". March 1, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Assistant Attorney General (ENRD)". Department of Justice. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Todd Sunhwae Kim". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ Lynch, Sarah N. (March 15, 2021). "Biden to nominate former D.C. solicitor general to lead environmental division". Reuters. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ Scarcella, Mike (April 1, 2021). "Ex-Reed Smith Partner Todd Kim, Up for DOJ Post, Reveals Partner Pay, Client List". National Law Journal. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "DC's Attorney General Names Todd Kim as the District's First Solicitor General – Releases – Office of the Attorney General".
  7. ^ "Dist. of Columbia v. Wesby". Casetext. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. ^ "PN1470 – Nomination of Todd Sunhwae Kim for The Judiciary, 113th Congress (2013–2014)". www.congress.gov. December 17, 2014.
  9. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. April 30, 2015.
  10. ^ "PN425 – Nomination of Todd Sunhwae Kim for The Judiciary, 114th Congress (2015–2016)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2017.
  11. ^ Todd Kim, Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, Joins Reed Smith’s National Appellate Practice, January 18, 2018
  12. ^ "Reed Smith partner Todd Kim joins U.S. Department of Energy as Deputy General Counsel". Reed Smith. January 21, 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  13. ^ "President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Members of his Administration". White House. March 15, 2021.
  14. ^ Lynch, Sarah N. (2021-03-15). "Biden to nominate former D.C. solicitor general to lead environmental division". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  15. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for April 14, 2021
  16. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 13, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  17. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Sunhwae Kim to be an Assistant Attorney General)". www.senate.gov.
  18. ^ "Senate confirms Todd Kim as assistant AG for environmental division". Axios. July 27, 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Who Wants To Be a Super Millionaire, Episode #1.1". IMDB. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  20. ^ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Todd%20Kim%20Opening%20Statement.pdf
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