Jinsook Ohta (née Jin Sook Lee (이진숙), born 1976) is an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. She previously served as a judge on the San Diego County Superior Court.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- Asian American
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of San DiegoJudge · 2020–2021
State of CaliforniaDeputy attorney general · 2011–2020- ↳supervising deputy attorney general · 2019–2020
Law clerk , Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitz · 2001–2002, 2007–2008
Visiting assistant professor of law · 2006–2007- Private practice, San Diego, California2003–2006
- Private practice, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California2002–2003
Appointments
- 2021–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 2001- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1998