Jinsook Ohta

Jinsook Ohta
Ohta in 2023
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
Succeeded byRebecca S. Kanter
Personal details
Born
Jin Sook Lee (이진숙)

1976 (age 47–48)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyDemocratic[1]
EducationYale University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Jinsook Ohta (née Jin Sook Lee (이진숙), 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.

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  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 2, 2021.