Lucy Koh

Lucy Koh
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
December 14, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byRichard Paez
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
In office
June 9, 2010 – December 15, 2021
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byRonald Whyte
Succeeded byP. Casey Pitts
Personal details
Born (1968-08-07) August 7, 1968 (age 56)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
SpouseMariano-Florentino Cuéllar
Children2
EducationHarvard 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference govcagov_20080125 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Egelko, Bob (December 14, 2021). "Local judge becomes first Korean American woman to serve on a federal appellate court". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved December 16, 2021.