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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.<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, her nomination was confirmed by a 47–24 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00511|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>{{Cite web |date=December 27, 2021 |title=Ohta, Jinsook |url=https://www.fjc.gov/node/11225621 |access-date=December 29, 2021 |website=[[Federal Judicial Center]]}}</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> |
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.<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_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00511|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>{{Cite web |date=December 27, 2021 |title=Ohta, Jinsook |url=https://www.fjc.gov/node/11225621 |access-date=December 29, 2021 |website=[[Federal Judicial Center]]}}</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> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 14:54, 21 September 2022
Jinsook Ohta | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
Assumed office December 27, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Barry Ted Moskowitz |
Judge of the San Diego County Superior Court | |
In office December 8, 2020 – December 27, 2021 | |
Appointed by | Gavin Newsom |
Preceded by | Lantz Lewis |
Personal details | |
Born | Jin Sook Lee 1976 (age 47–48) Seoul, South Korea |
Education | Yale University (BA) New York University (JD) |
Jinsook Ohta (née Jin Sook Lee, 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
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
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, governor Gavin Newsom appointed Ohta to be a judge of the San Diego County Superior Court.[1]
Federal judicial service
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 took senior status on January 23, 2019.[4] On November 3, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On December 2, 2021, her nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[6] On December 17, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 47–25 vote.[7] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 47–24 vote.[8] She received her commission on December 27, 2021.[9] Ohta is the first Asian Pacific American female judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees", White House, September 30, 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ohta, Jinsook". Federal Judicial Center. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Jinsook Ohta at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American judges
- 21st-century American women lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers
- 21st-century women judges
- American women judges
- California lawyers
- California state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- New York University School of Law alumni
- People associated with O'Melveny & Myers
- People from Seoul
- Superior court judges in the United States
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law people
- United States district court judges appointed by Joe Biden
- Yale University alumni