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Derrick Kahala Watson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Active service.
Confirmed 94 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 4, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 23, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 14, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 94 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 18, 2013
- Commissioned
- April 23, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1966, 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
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1991-1995, 2000-2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1995-2000; deputy chief, Civil Division, 1999-2000
- U.S. Army Reserve captain, JAG Corps, 1998-2006
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 2007-2013; chief, Civil Division, 2009-2013
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