Leslie E. Kobayashi
| Leslie Kobayashi | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
| Assumed office December 22, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Helen Gillmor |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College Boston College |
Leslie Emi Kobayashi (born 1957) is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
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Early life and education
Kobayashi was born in 1957 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1979 and her Juris Doctor from the Boston College Law School in 1983.[1]
Professional career
Kobayashi worked as a trial attorney and managing partner of the law firm of Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama for a period of 17 years. She worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Honolulu before becoming a United States magistrate judge on August 2, 1999. She has also taught at the William S. Richardson School of Law.[1]
Federal judicial service
On April 21, 2010 Kobayashi was nominated to a seat as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii by Barack Obama. She was nominated to fill the seat vacated by Helen Gillmor after her ascension to senior status in 2009. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on December 17, 2010.[2][3] This makes her the first Japanese American federal judge confirmed during the Obama Administration. [4]
References
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- Leslie E. Kobayashi at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Kobayashi Profile from Judgepedia
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 2010–present |
Incumbent |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire: Leslie Emi Kobayashi, (April 19, 2010).
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- ↑ http://capac.chu.house.gov/news/press-releases/2011/05/capac-chair-chu-commends-president-obama-on-diversity-of-judicial-nominations-and-a-record-high-numb.shtml
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- 1957 births
- American jurists of Asian descent
- American people of Japanese descent
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- Boston College Law School alumni
- Hawaii lawyers
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Living people
- People from Mount Holly, New Jersey
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
- United States magistrate judges
- Wellesley College alumni
