Lucy Koh | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
Assumed office December 14, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Richard Paez |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California | |
In office June 9, 2010 – December 15, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Ronald Whyte |
Succeeded by | P. Casey Pitts |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | August 7, 1968
Political party | Democratic[1] |
Spouse | Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar |
Children | 2 |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Lucy Haeran Koh (born August 7, 1968) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Koh previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 2010 to 2021. She also served as a California state court judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court from 2008 to 2010. She is the first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court in the United States.[2]
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