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Leslie Emi Kobayashi
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Senior status since October 9, 2024.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- April 21, 2010
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 15, 2010
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 5, 2010
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 18, 2010
- Commissioned
- December 22, 2010
- Senior status
- Since October 9, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1957, 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
- Deputy prosecutor, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1983-1984
- Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984-1999
- Adjunct professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000, 2001
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2021-2026
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