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Lucy Haeran Koh
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- September 20, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 6, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 28, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 45
- Confirmed
- December 13, 2021
- Commissioned
- December 14, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1968, 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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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Barack Obama; commissioned ; Senate vote 90 to 0. Service ended December 15, 2021: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Fellow, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-1994
- U.S. Department of Justice, 1994-1997; special counsel, Office of Legislative Affairs, 1994-1996; special assistant to the deputy attorney general, 1996-1997
- Assistant U. S. attorney, Central District of California, 1997-2000
- Private practice, Palo Alto, California, 2000-2008
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 2008-2010
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