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Lee, Eumi Kim

Born 1972 in Madison, WI

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on January 8, 2024, to a seat vacated by William Horsley Orrick III. Confirmed by the Senate on March 20, 2024, and received commission on May 7, 2024.

Education:
Pomona College, B.A., 1994
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1999

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Jerome Turner, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 1999-2000
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2000-2001, 2002-2005, 2006-2008, 2010-2012
Law clerk, Hon. Warren J. Ferguson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2001-2002
University of California Hastings College of the Law (now University of California College of the Law, San Francisco), 2001, 2005-2018
     Moot court, legal research and writing instructor, 2001
     Clinical attorney and assistant clinical professor, 2005-2008
     Associate clinical professor of law, 2008-2010
     Ethics trainer, 2009-2010, 2012
     Co-director, Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice, 2010-2012
     Clinical professor of law, 2011-2018
Appellate consultant, Advancement Project, Washington, D.C., 2017
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, 2018-2024

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, July 27, 2023; no Senate vote