Micah William Janso Smith
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Born 1981.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Sep 11, 2023
- Senate vote
- 57 to 41
- Confirmed
- Nov 29, 2023
- Commissioned
- Jan 31, 2024
Education
- B.A., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, 2003
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2006
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2006-2007
- Law clerk, Hon. David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States, 2007-2008
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2008-2012
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, 2012-2018
- Acting deputy chief, Criminal Appeals Unit, 2016-2017
- Deputy chief, Violent and Organized Crime Unit, 2016-2017
- DNA liaison, 2017-2018
- Member, Department of Justice Human Source Review Committee, 2017-2018
- Co-chief, Violent and Organized Crime Unit, 2017-2018
- Lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, 2017
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Criminal Division, District of Hawaii, 2018-2024
- Co-chief, Violent Crime and Drug Section, 2018-2019
- Project Safe Neighborhoods Coordinator, 2019
- Deputy chief, Criminal Division, 2019-2024
- Criminal civil rights coordinator, 2021-2024
- Chief, Appeals and Legal Strategy, 2022-2024
- Lecturer in law, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, 2020
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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