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John Hyungseung Chun

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington · 2022

John Hyungseung Chun, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The Senate voted 49–47 on the nomination on Mar 23, 2022 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington
    117th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    49–47 · Mar 23, 2022

Education

  • Columbia UniversityB.A., 1991
  • Cornell Law SchoolJ.D., 1994

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Eugene A. Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-1995; Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1995-2014; Adjunct professor, Seattle University School of Law, 2002-2005; Judge, Superior Court of the State of Washington, King County, 2014-2018; Judge, Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division I, 2018-2022

Biography

John Hyungseung Chun (born 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington since 2022. He previously served as a judge on the Washington Court of Appeals, Division One, from 2018 to 2022, and on the King County Superior Court from 2014 to 2018.

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