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Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Active service.

Confirmed 46 to 24Confirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden
Nominated
September 20, 2021
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
October 20, 2021
Committee action
Reported (favorably), December 2, 2021
Senate vote
Recorded vote, 46 to 24
Confirmed
December 17, 2021
Commissioned
February 7, 2022
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1976, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.

Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.

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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it

  • Law clerk, Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2001-2002
  • Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2002-2007
  • U.S. Department of Justice, 2007-2015
  • Trial attorney, National Courts Section, 2007-2009
  • Counsel to assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 2009-2011
  • Acting deputy assistant attorney general, consumer protection, 2011-2012
  • Acting deputy assistant attorney general, torts, 2012
  • Deputy assistant attorney general, consumer protection, 2012-2014
  • Principal deputy associate attorney general, 2014
  • Counselor to the attorney general, 2014-2015
  • Vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, Millenium Challenge Corporation, Washington, D.C., 2015-2016
  • Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2016-2022; site judge, Metropolitan Courthouse, 2018-2020; assistant supervising judge, Criminal Division, infractions, 2018-2020; assistant supervising judge, Criminal Division, limited jurisdiction, 2020-2022

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