Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Born 1976.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Sep 20, 2021
- Senate vote
- 46 to 24
- Confirmed
- Dec 17, 2021
- Commissioned
- Feb 7, 2022
Education
- A.B., Harvard University, 1997
- J.D., Yale Law School, 2001
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2001-2002
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 2002-2007
- U.S. Department of Justice, 2007-2015
- Trial attorney, National Courts Section, 2007-2009
- Counsel to assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 2009-2011
- Acting deputy assistant attorney general, consumer protection, 2011-2012
- Acting deputy assistant attorney general, torts, 2012
- Deputy assistant attorney general, consumer protection, 2012-2014
- Principal deputy associate attorney general, 2014
- Counselor to the attorney general, 2014-2015
- Vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, Millenium Challenge Corporation, Washington, D.C., 2015-2016
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2016-2022
- site judge, Metropolitan Courthouse, 2018-2020
- assistant supervising judge, Criminal Division, infractions, 2018-2020
- assistant supervising judge, Criminal Division, limited jurisdiction, 2020-2022
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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