Lucy H. Koh Nominated to United States District Court

January 20, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the nomination of Judge Lucy H. Koh for the United States District Court, Northern District of California by President Obama.

I commend the Obama Administration for nominating Judge Lucy H. Koh to United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I strongly and enthusiastically support Judge Koh’s nomination to the federal bench and urge that she be confirmed promptly. If confirmed Judge Koh, who currently sits on the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara, would be the first Korean-American federal judge in the country. Judge Koh is highly qualified for the bench, having served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, as a special assistant to the U.S. Deputy Attorney General and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is serving her eighth term in Congress representing most of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County. She is the Chair of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. She also serves as Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. She Chairs the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections and serves on the House Homeland Security Committee. Congresswoman Lofgren is Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation consisting of 34 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.