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Jinsook Ohta

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · 2021

Jinsook Ohta, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The Senate voted 47–24 on the nomination on Dec 17, 2021 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Southern District of California
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    47–24 · Dec 17, 2021

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1998
  • New York University School of LawJ.D., 2001

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2001-2002, 2007-2008; Private practice, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 2002-2003; Private practice, San Diego, California, 2003-2006; Visiting assistant professor of law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2006-2007; Deputy attorney general, State of California, 2011-2020; supervising deputy attorney general, 2019-2020; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2020-2021

Biography

Jinsook Ohta (née Jin Sook Lee (이진숙), born 1976) 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.

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