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Jill Aiko Otake
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- December 21, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 7, 2018
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 12, 2018
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- August 1, 2018
- Commissioned
- August 3, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1973, 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 prosecuting attorney, King County, Washington, 1998-2001, 2002-2005
- Law clerk, Hon. Simeon R. Acoba, Jr., Supreme Court of Hawaii, 2001-2002
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Washington, 2005-2014; deputy supervisor, Terrorism and Violent Crimes Unit, 2011-2013; co-supervisor, General Crimes Unit, 2013-2014
- Adjunct professor, Seattle University School of Law, 2007
- Instructor, Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, 2012
- Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 2014-2018; deputy chief, Special Crimes Section, 2016-2017; acting chief, Special Crimes Section, 2017-2018
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