Jinsook Ohta
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Born 1976.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Sep 30, 2021
- Senate vote
- 47 to 24
- Confirmed
- Dec 17, 2021
- Commissioned
- Dec 27, 2021
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 1998
- J.D., New York University School of Law, 2001
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2001-2002, 2007-2008
- Private practice, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 2002-2003
- Private practice, San Diego, California, 2003-2006
- Visiting assistant professor of law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2006-2007
- Deputy attorney general, State of California, 2011-2020
- supervising deputy attorney general, 2019-2020
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, 2020-2021
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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