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Eumi Kim Lee

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Born 1972.

Federal judicial service

Newest first

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by
Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Nominated
Jan 8, 2024
Senate vote
50 to 49
Confirmed
Mar 20, 2024
Commissioned
May 7, 2024

Education

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

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

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

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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