Anne Hwang | |
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Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Appointed by | Jerry Brown |
Preceded by | new seat |
Personal details | |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic [1] |
Education |
Cornell University (
BA) University of Southern California ( JD) |
Anne Hwang (born 1975) [2] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2019. She is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Hwang received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 2002. [3]
Hwang started her legal career, working as a litigation associate at Irell & Manella LLP from 2002 to 2006. From 2006 to 2018, she served as a deputy federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California. [3] On December 7, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Hwang to serve as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. [1]
On April 28, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hwang to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Hwang to the seat vacated by Judge George H. Wu, who assumed senior status on November 3, 2023. On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [4] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [5]