Eumi K. Lee

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Eumi K. Lee
File:Eumi K. Lee, U.S. District Court Judge.jpg
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 7, 2024
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byWilliam Orrick III
Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court
In office
December 7, 2018 – May 7, 2024
Appointed byJerry Brown
Preceded byAlison M. Tucher
Succeeded byThomas Eagle Weathers
Personal details
Born
Eumi Kim Lee

1972 (age 52–53)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationPomona College (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Eumi Kim Lee (born 1972)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Alameda County Superior Court from 2018 to 2024.

Education

Lee received a Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College in 1994 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, in 1999.[2]

Career

From 1999 to 2000, Lee served as a law clerk for Judge Jerome Turner of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. From 2000 to 2001, she was an associate at Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP in San Francisco. From 2001 to 2002, she served as a law clerk for Judge Warren J. Ferguson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2002 to 2005, she was again an associate at the same law firm. From 2005 to 2018, she was a clinical professor of law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly the University of California, Hastings College of the Law).[2] From 2006 to 2012, she was of counsel and a consultant at Gonzalez and Leigh and from 2009 to 2012, she was an ethics trainer for San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Gas Company and Southern California Edison.[3] On December 7, 2018, Lee was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to serve as a judge of the Alameda County Superior Court, to fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Judge Alison M. Tucher to the California Courts of Appeal.[2] She was the first Korean-American judge ever appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court.[4][5]

Federal judicial service

Community involvement

Prior to her appointment to the bench, she was a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco.[6] Lee is a Democrat.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "President Biden Names Thirty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Governor Brown Appoints 13 Superior Court Judges | Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr". www.ca.gov. December 7, 2018. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the Alameda County Bench Eumi Lee! » Alameda County Bar Association". Alameda County Bar Association. December 11, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ Tae-hee, Lee (December 11, 2018). "Korean-American judges gaining presence in US". The Korea Herald. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Members Appointed as Superior Court Judges". The Bar Association of San Francisco. December 11, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

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