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Leslie E. Kobayashi

Leslie Kobayashi
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 9, 2024
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
December 22, 2010 – October 9, 2024
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byHelen W. Gillmor
Succeeded byShanlyn A. S. Park
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office
August 2, 1999 – December 22, 2010
Personal details
Born
Leslie Emi Kobayashi

(1957-10-09) October 9, 1957 (age 67)
Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseClarence Pacarro (m. 1990)[1]
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Boston College (JD)

Leslie Emi Kobayashi (born October 9, 1957) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Early life and education

Kobayashi was born in 1957 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1979 and her Juris Doctor from the Boston College Law School in 1983.[2][3]

Career

Kobayashi worked as a trial attorney and managing partner of the law firm of Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama in Honolulu 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. In 2000 and 2001, she taught at the William S. Richardson School of Law.[2][3]

Federal judicial service

Leslie E. Kobayashi; ca. 2010

On April 21, 2010, Kobayashi was nominated to a seat as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii by Barack Obama. She was nominated to fill the seat vacated by Judge Helen W. Gillmor, who assumed senior status in 2009. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on December 18, 2010.[4][5] This makes her the first Japanese American federal judge confirmed during the Obama Administration.[6] She received her commission on December 22, 2010. Kobayashi assumed senior status on October 9, 2024.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dignity key for Kobayashi". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 27, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire: Leslie Emi Kobayashi Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, (April 19, 2010). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b c Leslie E. Kobayashi at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ "Kobayashi confirmed as Hawaii U.S. district judge". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "Senate confirms Kobayashi as U.S. District Court judge in Hawaii". KHON. December 18, 2010. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  6. ^ "In The News – Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)". capac.chu.house.gov.
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