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'''Jinsook Ohta''' (born 1976)<ref name="Newsom" /><ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Ohta%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> is an American attorney and California state court judge who is a nominee to be a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of California]].
'''Jinsook Ohta''' (née '''Jin Sook Lee''' ('''이진숙'''), born 1976)<ref name="Newsom" /><ref name="Questionnaire">{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Ohta%20SJQ%20Public%20Final.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> is an American attorney and [[United States federal judge|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 ==
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== Career ==
== 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 attorney|associate]] with O’Melveny & Myers in [[Los Angeles]] from and from 2003 to 2006, she was an associate with [[Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton|Sheppard Mullin]] in [[San Diego]]. From 2006 to 2007, she was an assistant professor of law at the [[Thomas Jefferson School of Law]].<ref name="Newsom">{{Cite web |last=Yamamoto |first=J. K. |date=2020-12-22 |title=Newsom Appoints Superior Court Judges |url=http://rafu.com/2020/12/newsom-appoints-superior-court-judges/ |access-date=2021-09-30 |website=Rafu Shimpo |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116214455/https://www.rafu.com/2020/12/newsom-appoints-superior-court-judges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="WHBio" /> On December 8, 2020, governor [[Gavin Newsom]] appointed Ohta to be a judge of the [[San Diego County Superior Court]].<ref name="Newsom" />
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 attorney|associate]] with O’Melveny & Myers in [[Los Angeles]] from and from 2003 to 2006, she was an associate with [[Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton|Sheppard Mullin]] in [[San Diego]]. From 2006 to 2007, she was an assistant professor of law at the [[Thomas Jefferson School of Law]].<ref name="Newsom">{{Cite web |last=Yamamoto |first=J. K. |date=2020-12-22 |title=Newsom Appoints Superior Court Judges |url=http://rafu.com/2020/12/newsom-appoints-superior-court-judges/ |access-date=2021-09-30 |website=Rafu Shimpo |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116214455/https://www.rafu.com/2020/12/newsom-appoints-superior-court-judges/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="WHBio" /> On December 8, 2020, [[California Governor]] [[Gavin Newsom]] appointed Ohta to be a judge of the [[San Diego County Superior Court]].<ref name="Newsom" />


== Federal judicial service ==
== Nomination to district court ==
[[File:Judge_Jinsook_Ohta.png|thumb|Ohta during her hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee]]
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On September 30, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Ohta to serve as a [[United States federal judge|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 assumed [[senior status]] on January 23, 2019.<ref name="September30">{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=September 30, 2021|publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/30/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-37/}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=October 27, 2021 |publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/27/2021/nominations}}</ref> During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by three Republican senators over a statement she had endorsed which referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding religious or moral exemptions to a contraception mandate as a "devastating blow to women's reproductive justice."<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 3, 2021|last=Wagner|first=Rose|title=GOP works to trip judicial nominees on road to confirmation with focus on activist pasts|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/gop-works-to-trip-judicial-nominees-on-road-to-confirmation-with-focus-on-activist-pasts/|website=Courthouse News|access-date=July 7, 2023}}</ref> On December 2, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2012.2.21.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=December 3, 2021}}</ref> On December 17, 2021, the [[United States Senate]] invoked cloture on her nomination by a 47–25 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00510.htm|title= On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jinsook Ohta to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California) |date=December 17, 2021|website=[[United States Senate]]|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 47–24 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00511.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jinsook Ohta, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California)|date=December 17, 2021|website=[[United States Senate]]|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref> She received her commission on December 27, 2021.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=11225621|inline=yes}}</ref> Ohta is the first [[Asian Pacific American]] female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Jeremy |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Biden nominates 10 more to federal bench, with continued focus on diversity |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/federal-judicial-nominees-joe-biden/index.html |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=CNN |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930170402/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/federal-judicial-nominees-joe-biden/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==See also==
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On September 30, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated Ohta to serve as a [[United States federal judge|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.<ref name="September30">{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=September 30, 2021|publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/30/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-37/}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations |date=October 27, 2021 |publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]] |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/27/2021/nominations}}</ref> On December 2, 2021, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. Her nomination is pending before the full [[United States Senate]]. If confirmed, Ohta would be the first [[Asian Pacific American]] female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Jeremy |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Biden nominates 10 more to federal bench, with continued focus on diversity |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/federal-judicial-nominees-joe-biden/index.html |access-date=September 30, 2021 |website=CNN |archive-date=September 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930170402/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/federal-judicial-nominees-joe-biden/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Jinsook Ohta
Ohta in 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Incumbent
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.

Education

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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

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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, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Ohta to be a judge of the San Diego County Superior Court.[1]

Federal judicial service

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Ohta during her hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee

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 assumed senior status on January 23, 2019.[4] On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] During her confirmation hearing, she was questioned by three Republican senators over a statement she had endorsed which referred to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding religious or moral exemptions to a contraception mandate as a "devastating blow to women's reproductive justice."[6] On December 2, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[7] On December 17, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 47–25 vote.[8] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 47–24 vote.[9] She received her commission on December 27, 2021.[10] Ohta is the first Asian Pacific American female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Wagner, Rose (November 3, 2021). "GOP works to trip judicial nominees on road to confirmation with focus on activist pasts". Courthouse News. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  7. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jinsook Ohta to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California)". United States Senate. December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Jinsook Ohta at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  11. ^ 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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