List of Asian American jurists

Research history

Studies led by California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and the Center for American Progress provided in-depth statistics into the issue.

Judicial officers

This is a dynamic list of Asian Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, or administrative law judges. If known, it will be listed if a judge has served on multiple courts.

Judge	Court/agency and years of service	State/territory	Status	Notes
Kazuhisa Abe	Kohala district Magistrate ; Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Maha-Rebekah Abejuela	Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court	Virginia	active	First Female Asian American judge in VA
Peter Aduja	Hawaii First Circuit Court	Hawaii	deceased
Tony Agbayani	San Joaquin County Superior Court	California	active
Alok Ahuja	Missouri Court of Appeals	Missouri	active
Jeevan S. Ahuja	California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	active
John F. Aiso	Superior Court of Los Angeles County ; California Court of Appeal, 2nd District	California	deceased	First Japanese American judge in the continental U.S.
Kathryn Akao	Superior Court of Santa Cruz County	California	deceased
Benes Z. Aldana	Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals	Washington, D.C.	retired	First Asian Pacific American chief trial judge in the U.S. military
Loren AliKhan	District of Columbia Court of Appeals ; United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	active
Shahabuddeen Ally	New York City Civil Court Acting New York Supreme Court Justice	New York City	active
Ramon Alvarado	Gwinnett County Recorder's Court	Georgia	deceased
Deepa Ambekar	Criminal Court of the City of New York	New York City	active
Susan H. Amini	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Justin Anand	Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia	Georgia	active
Marcine Anderson	King County District Court	Washington	left office
Akemi D. Arakaki	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Jacqueline M. Arroyo	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
Rita L. Badhan	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Judy Bae	San Diego County Superior Court	California	active
Paul W. Baelly	Ventura County Superior Court	California	active
Eugene Balonon	Superior Court of Sacramento County	California	retired
Michael Isaku Begert	Superior Court of San Francisco County	California	active
Thang Nguyen Barrett	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
David F. Bauman	New Jersey Superior Court, Monmouth County	New Jersey	active
Riko E. Bishop	Nebraska Court of Appeals	Nebraska	active
Cathy Bissoon	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	active
Cliff Blakely	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Alicia Yoko Blanco	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Gail Chang Bohr	Ramsey County District Court	Minnesota	retired
Frances Bourliot	Texas Court of Appeals	Texas	active
Tracie L. Brown	Superior Court of San Francisco County ; California Court of Appeal, 1st District	California	active
Brianne J. Buccicone	Minnesota Tenth Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Tam Bui	Everett District Court	Washington	active
Sanket J. Bulsara	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	active
Patrick J. Bumatay	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active
Susan N. Burke	Hennepin County District Court	Minnesota	active
Tani Cantil-Sakauye	Superior Court of Sacramento County ; California Third District Court of Appeal ; California Supreme Court	California	retired	First Filipino and first Woman of Color California Chief Justice
Corie J. Caraway	Butte County Superior Court	California	active
Bruce Chan	Superior Court of San Francisco County	California	active
Derrick H.M. Chan	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	active
Jason Chan	Massachusetts District Court	Massachusetts	active
Roger Chan	Superior Court of San Francisco County	California	active
Adam Chang	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Edmond E. Chang	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Illinois	active
James Chang	Santa Clara Municipal Court ; Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	retired
Kevin S. C. Chang	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	retired
Shellyanne W.L. Chang	Superior Court of Sacramento County	California	active
S. Raj Chatterjee	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Ed Chau	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Ken H. Chau	Administrative Law Judge, Social Security	Missouri	active
Manjari Chawla	State Bar Court of California	California	active
Meng Li Che	Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals ; Washington Court of Appeals	Washington	active
Edward M. Chen	U.S. Magistrate Judge ; United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active	<
Faye Chen Barnouw	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Frank W. Chen	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased
Ida K. Chen	Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	active
Pamela K. Chen	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	active
Raymond T. Chen	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	Washington, D.C.	active
Andrew Y.S. Cheng	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
David Wellington Chew	Texas Courts of Appeals, 8th District	Texas	retired
Alberta Chew	Superior Court of Solano County	California	retired
Linda Chew	Texas District Court, 327th Judicial District	Texas	retired
Vince Chhabria	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active
Jennifer C. Chiang	Sugar Land Municipal Court	Texas	active
Andrea Chin	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active
Denny Chin	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	New York	active
Jason Chin	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Ming Chin	Alameda County Superior Court ; California First District Court of Appeal ; California Supreme Court	California	retired
Richard J. Chin	Boston Municipal Court ; Massachusetts Superior Court	Massachusetts	retired
Dorothy Chin-Brandt	New York Supreme Court, Queens County	New York	retired
Hideo Chino	San Diego County Superior Court	California	deceased
Lawrence Cho	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Tony Cho	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Jennifer Choe-Groves	United States Court of International Trade	New York	active
Danny Chou	San Mateo County Superior Court	California	active
James Chou	Marin County Superior Court	California	active
Nusrat Jahan Choudhury	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	active
Herbert Choy	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Hawaii	deceased	First Korean American U.S. federal judge
Kenneth Chu	Administrative Law Judge, National Labor Relations Board	New York	active
Regina M. Chu	Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Senior Judge	Minnesota	Senior
Theodore D. Chuang	United States District Court for the District of Maryland	Maryland	active
A. Marisa Chun	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
Danny K. Chun	New York Supreme Court, Kings County	New York	active
John H. Chun	King County Superior Court ; Washington Court of Appeals ; United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	Washington	active
Charles Carlos Chung	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Cindy K. Chung	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit	Pennsylvania	active
Frederick Chung	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Jo-Ann Chung	Anchorage Superior Court	Alaska	active
Lisa Chung	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Robert E. Chung	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active
Samuel Chung	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Maria Kuriakos Ciesel	Cook County Circuit Court	Illinois	active
Ramiro P. Cisneros	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Linda W.Y. Coburn	Washington Court of Appeals	Washington	active
Dena M. Coggins	Sacramento County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Eastern District of California	California	active
Rabeea Sultan Collier	Harris County District Court	Texas	active
Jamie L. Cork	Minnesota First Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Patricia Yim Cowett	San Diego Municipal Court ; San Diego County Superior Court	California	retired
Johanna Thai Van Dat	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Susan K. DeClercq	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan	Michigan	active
Dipti Vaid Dedhia	Edison Municipal Court	New Jersey	active	First South Asian Female Judge in New Jersey
Roger DeHoog	Oregon Supreme Court	Oregon	active
Roopali Desai	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Arizona	active
Israel Abaya Desierto	Cook County Circuit Court, District 1	Illinois	active
Kuljinder Dhillon	King County District Court	Washington	active
Truc Do	San Diego County Superior Court ; California Court of Appeals, Fourth District	California	active	First Vietnamese American Judge in San Diego
Gregory Dohi	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Chanpone Sinlapasai	Multnomah County Circuit Court	Oregon	active
David Doi	Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased
Nelson Doi	Hawaii State Circuit Courts	Hawaii	deceased	Former Lt Governor of Hawaii
Miranda Du	United States District Court for the District of Nevada	Nevada	active
Fernande R. V. Duffly	Massachusetts Probate & Family Court ; Massachusetts Appeals Court ; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court	Massachusetts	retired	First Asian-American Massachusetts Supreme Court justice
Jacqueline My-Le Duong	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Wendy Duong	Houston Municipal Court	Texas	retired	First Vietnamese American in the U.S.
Nina F. Elgo	Connecticut Superior Court ; Connecticut Appellate Court	Connecticut	active
Randall T. Eng	New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department	New York	active
Alison Matsumoto Estrada	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Samuel Feng	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
Harold Fong	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Keith Fong	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Keith Fudenna	Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
John Fugh	Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army	Washington, D.C.	retired	First Asian American Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army
Carin Fujisaki	California Court of Appeal, 1st District	California	active
Hiroshi Fujisaki	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Fred Fujioka	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Margaret Fujioka	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Alexa D.M. Fujise	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	active
Morio L. Fukuto	South Bay Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; California Court of Appeal, 2nd District	California	deceased
Una S. Gandbhir	Anchorage Superior Court	Alaska	active
Leah Gasendo	State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	active
Delbert Gee	Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Dolly Gee	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active	First Chinese American Female U.S. District Court judge
Herbert W. Gee	Houston Municipal Court	Texas	deceased
Lisa M. Ginoza	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals ; Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	active
Marilyn D. Go	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	retired
Johnny Cepeda Gogo	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Karen Gopee	Criminal Court of the City of New York	New York City	active
Paul Grewal	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	retired
Helena Gweon	Superior Court of Sacramento County	California	active
Howard Halm	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Catherine Hyo-Kyung Ham	Boston Municipal Court ; Massachusetts Superior Court	Massachusetts	active
Sunil Harjani	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Illinois	active
Roy Hashimoto	Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Douglas Hatchimonji	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Dennis Hayashi	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Sanju Oommen Green	Cook County Circuit Court	Illinois	active
Roberta Hayashi	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
Yoshimi Hayashi	Hawaii District Court ; Hawaii Circuit Court ; Hawaii Court of Appeals ; Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Walter Heen	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii ; Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	retired
William Haʻehaʻe Heen	Hawaii state circuit court	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American judge in the United States
Robert Higa	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Kelly Higashi	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	active
Jacquelyn High-Edward	Spokane County Superior Court	Washington	active
Stuart Hing	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Joni Hiramoto	Contra Costa Municipal Court ; Superior Court of Contra Costa County	California	active
Keith K. Hiraoka	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	active
Ernest Hiroshige	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Dale Ho	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	New York	active
James C. Ho	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit	Texas	active
Rose Hom	Superior Court of Los Angeles County	California	retired
Russell Hom	Sacramento County Superior Court	California	retired
Sandy Hom	Immigration Judge, U.S. Department of Justice	New York	retired
Jeannie J. Hong	Maryland District Court, District 1	Maryland	active
Wesley Hsu	Los Angeles County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Mark Huang	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active
Robert S. Huie	United States District Court for the Southern District of California	California	active
Anne Hwang	Los Angeles County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Victor Hwang	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
Audra Ibarra	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Garry Ichikawa	Solano County Superior Court	California	retired
Paul Igasaki	Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor	Virginia	retired
Efren Iglesia	Monterey County Superior Court	California	retired
Dale Ikeda	Fresno County Superior Court	California	retired
John Ing	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Anthony W. Ishii	United States District Court for the Eastern District of California	California	active
Lance Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired	Known for presiding over the O. J. Simpson criminal trial
Patricia Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Roger Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Don W. Joe	U.S. HHS Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals	Florida	active
Myong J. Joun	Boston Municipal Court ; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	Massachusetts	active
Edward Y. Kakita	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased
Upinder Kalra	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Tim Kam	Solano County Superior Court	California	active
Masako Kanazawa	Washington Court of Appeals	Washington	active
Wayne Kanemoto	Santa Clara County Municipal Court	California	deceased
Robert Kawahara	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Gale Kaneshiro	San Diego Municipal Court ; San Diego County Superior Court	California	retired
Shiro Kashiwa	U.S. Court of Claims ; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	Washington, D.C.	deceased	First Japanese American federal judge
Eileen A. Kato	King County District Court	Washington	retired
Kenly Kiya Kato	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Kenneth H. Kato	Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3	Washington	retired
Warren Masami Kato	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Ken W. Kawaichi	Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Municipal Court, 1975–1980; Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Lynne Kawamoto	Cook County Circuit Court, Probate	Illinois	retired
Ben Kayashima	San Bernardino County Superior Court	California	retired
Nadia Keilani	San Diego County Superior Court	California	active
Angel Kelley	Brockton District Court ; Massachusetts Superior Court ; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	Massachusetts	active
Joyce L. Kennard	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; California Second District Court of Appeal ; California Supreme Court	California	retired
Abraham Aponte Khan	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Edward S. Kiel	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey	New Jersey	active
Andrew C. Kim	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Brian G. Kim	Maryland District Court, District 6	Maryland	resigned
Chong Kim	Doraville Municipal Court	Georgia	active
Dorothy Kim	California Courts of Appeal	California	active
Esther Kim	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Frank S. Kim	San Joaquin Municipal Court ; Superior Court of San Joaquin County	California	retired
Janet Kim	Office of Administrative Hearings	Washington	active
Mark C. Kim	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Sarah G. Kim	Massachusetts Superior Court	Massachusetts	active
Steve Kim	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Young Kim	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ; United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Illinois	active
George H. King	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	retired
John Kirihara	Merced County Superior Court	California	active
Evan Kitahara	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Bert T. Kobayashi	Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Charles Kobayashi	Sacramento County Superior Court	California	retired
Leslie E. Kobayashi	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	active
Lucy Koh	Superior Court of Santa Clara County ; United States District Court for the Northern District of California ; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active
Kimi Kondo	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	retired
Sunil Kulkarni	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
Sanjay T. Kumar	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Shalina D. Kumar	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan	Michigan	active
Peggy Kuo	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	active
M. Sue Kurita	El Paso County Court at Law, No. 6	Texas	active
Michael W. Kwan	Taylorsville Municipal Justice Court	Utah	deceased
Robert N. Kwan	U.S. Bankruptcy Court	California	active
Ruth Ann Kwan	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Owen Lee Kwong	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Jonathon Lack	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Bernie La Forteza	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Lydia C. Lai	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	active
Gene Lam	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active
Newton Lam	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
John Lansden	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	active
Laurie L. Lau	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	retired
Alfred Laureta	District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands	deceased
Charles J. Lee	Fresno County Superior Court	California	active	First Korean-American judge in Fresno County
Christopher P. Lee	Administrative Law Judge, Social Security	New York	retired
Cynthia Lee	San Francisco Municipal Court ; San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
Elizabeth Lee	San Mateo County Superior Court	California	active
Eumi K. Lee	Alameda County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active
Jayne Chong-Soon Lee	San Joaquin County Superior Court	California	active
John Z. Lee	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ; United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit	Illinois	active
Kenneth Lee	Arizona Superior Court, Pima County	Arizona	active
Kenneth K. Lee	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active
Jo-Lynne Q. Lee	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Linda CJ Lee	Washington Court of Appeals	Washington	active
Lorraine Lee	Office of Administrative Hearings	Washington	active
Nelson K.H. Lee	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Richard Lee	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Susan Lee	State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	active
Tony N. Leung	Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota ; United States District Court for the District of Minnesota	Minnesota	active
Arthur Lew	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased
Jonathan Lew	State of California Office of Administrative Hearings	California	active
Ronald S.W. Lew	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	deceased
Wendy C. Li	New York Civil Court	New York	active
Cynthia Lie	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
Arnold Lim	New York City Family Court	New York	Term ended
John S.W. Lim	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	deceased
Lillian Lim	San Diego County Superior Court	California	retired
Rosa Lim	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active
Karen Lin	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part Queens County, New York City Civil Court, first East Asian woman elected in Queens County, New York State Supreme Court, 2024 to present	New York	active
Rita F. Lin	Superior Court of San Francisco County ; United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active
Tana Lin	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	Washington	active
Doris Ling-Cohan	New York City Civil Court New York Supreme Court, New York County Appellate Term	New York	retired
Andrew Liu	Monterey County Superior Court	California	active
Charles Y.J. Liu	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	deceased
Goodwin Liu	California Supreme Court	California	active
Livia Liu	Dallas County Criminal District Court, No. 7	Texas	active
Pelayo A. Llamas Jr.	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Paul Lo	Merced County Superior Court	California	active
Cynthia Loo	Los Angeles Superior Court ; Mariposa County Superior Court ; Kern County Superior Court	California	active
Pahoua Lor	Fresno County Superior Court	California	active
Jessie Louie	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	retired
Lenard Louie	San Francisco Municipal Court ; San Francisco County Superior Court	California	deceased
Harry Low	San Francisco Municipal Court ; San Francisco Superior Court ; California Court of Appeal, 1st District	California	retired
Elaine Lu	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
John T. Lu	Boston Municipal Court ; Massachusetts Superior Court	Massachusetts	active
Jackson Lucky IV	Riverside County Superior Court	California	retired
Christopher Lui	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Elwood G. Lui	California Court of Appeal APJ,2nd District	California	active
Jennifer T. Lum	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	resigned
Jason Luong	Harris County District Court	Texas	active
Linda Lye	Contra Costa County Superior Court	California	retired
John K.C. Mah	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	retired
Kenji Machida	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Jaya K. Madhavan	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	Term ended
Mike Madokoro	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Kazuharu Makino	Orange County Superior Court	California	retired
Joaquin V.E. Manibusan Jr.	United States District Court for the District of Guam	Guam	retired
Jenny Cheung Marino	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Masaji Marumoto	Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased	First Japanese American Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
William M. Marutani	Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	deceased
Fa’amomoi P. Masaniai Jr.	King County District Court	Washington	active
Laura Masunaga	Siskiyou County Superior Court	California	retired
Kiyo A. Matsumoto	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York	New York	active
Pamala Matsumoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court ; Administrative Law Judge	California	Term ended
Chuck Mau	United States Tax Court United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American Federal Judge
Aimee Maurer	Spokane County District Court	Washington	active
Jon Mayeda	Los Angeles County Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Christopher McDonald	Iowa Supreme Court	Iowa	active
Maureen McKee	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Sabrina McKenna	Hawaii State Supreme Court	Hawaii	active
Carla Wong McMillian	Georgia State Court for Fayette County ; Georgia Court of Appeals ; Supreme Court of Georgia	Georgia	active
Cheryl Chun Meegan	Superior Court of Sacramento County	California	retired
Amit Mehta	United States District Court for the District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	active
Benjamin Menor	Hawaii Circuit Court Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased	First Filipino American State Supreme Court Justice
Nathan D. Mihara	Santa Clara County Superior Court ; California Court of Appeal, 6th District	California	active
Elisabeth K. Mineta	Monterey County Superior Court	California	active
Vibhav Mittal	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Jack Mizuha	Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Susan Oki Mollway	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	active	First Asian American female federal judge
Ronald T.Y. Moon	Hawaii First Circuit Court ; Hawaii State Supreme Court	Hawaii	deceased
Joanne Motoike	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Kenneth Moy	DuPage County Circuit Court	Illinois	retired
Sarala Nagala	United States District Court for the District of Connecticut	Connecticut	active
John Nalbandian	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	Kentucky	active
Mike K. Nakagawa	Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada	Nevada	active
Robert Nakagawa	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active
Vernon K. Nakahara	Alameda County Municipal Court ; Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Lynn Nakamoto	Oregon Court of Appeals ; Supreme Court of Oregon	Oregon	retired
Craig H. Nakamura	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	retired
Kirk Nakamura	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Eric Nakata	San Bernardino Municipal Court ; San Bernardino County Superior Court	California	deceased
Paula A. Nakayama	Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	retired
Arthur Nakazato	United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	retired
Marcus Naylor	King County District Court	Washington	active
Jacqueline Nguyen	Superior Court of Los Angeles ; United States District Court for the Central District of California ; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active
Nho Trong Nguyen	Orange County Superior Court	California	retired
Phu Nguyen	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Daniel Nishigaya	Superior Court of Santa Clara County	California	active
Cary Nishimoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Ricardo Ocampo	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
John Oda	Alameda County Municipal Court ; Workers Compensation Appeals Board	California	retired
Jinsook Ohta	San Diego County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Southern District of California	California	active
Sam Ohta	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Jeffrey K. Oing	New York Supreme Court	New York	active
Patrick Oishi	King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Melvin Okamoto	Denver County Court	Colorado	retired
Vincent Okamoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased
Dan Oki	Citrus Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Tomekichi "Tom" Okino	Puna district Magistrate	Hawaii	deceased	First Japanese American Judge
Roxanne Song Ong	Phoenix Municipal Court	Arizona	retired
Tomson T. Ong	Long Beach Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Rafael Ongkeko	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Sandra Otaka	Cook County Circuit Court, Child Protection	Illinois	deceased
Jill Otake	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	active
Martha M. Pacold	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Illinois	active
Harkjoon Paik	Monterey County Superior Court	California	deceased
Florence Y. Pan	Superior Court of the District of Columbia ; United States District Court for the District of Columbia ; United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	Washington, D.C.	active
Ushir Pandit-Durant	New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District	New York (state)	active
Ann H. Park	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Michael H. Park	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit	New York	active
Mihae Park	Gwinnett County Recorders Court	Georgia	active
David Pendleton	Administrative Law Judge, Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board	Hawaii	term ended
Mia Roberts Perez	Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas ; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	active
Cheri Pham	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Tu M. Pham	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee	Tennessee	active
George F. Phelan	Norfolk and Nantucket Probate & Family Courts	Massachusetts	retired
Vedica Puri	San Francisco Superior Court	California	active
Tue Phan-Quang	Executive Office for Immigration Review	California	retired
Dorothy Chou Proudfoot	City and County of San Francisco Rent Board	California	active
Rupa Ranga Puttagunta	Superior Court of the District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	resigned
Ronald Quidachay	San Francisco Municipal Court ; San Francisco County Superior Court	California	retired
Raja Rajeswari	Criminal Court of the City of New York	New York	active
E. Rania Rampersad	King County District Court King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Nicholas Ranjan	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	active
Archana Rao	Criminal Court of the City of New York	New York City	active
Neomi Rao	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	Washington, D.C.	active
Julian C. Recana	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Mel Recana	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Sheila Recio	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Benjamin Reyes	Superior Court of Contra Costa County	California	active
Brenda T. Rhoades	U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas	Texas	active
Whitney Rivera	Edmonds Municipal Court	Washington	active
Jerome Roaché	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active
Aruna P. Rodrigo	San Bernardino County Superior Court	California	active
Regina M. Rodriguez	United States District Court for the District of Colorado	Colorado	active
Rebecca Rossow	Ramsey County Juvenile and Family Court Division	Minnesota	active
Donna Ryu	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active
Tammy C. Ryu	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Dana Sabraw	San Diego Municipal Court ; San Diego County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Southern District of California	California	active
Mamoru Sakuma	Sacramento County Municipal Court ; Sacramento County Superior Court	California	deceased
Stephanie C. Santoro	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Cesar Sarmiento	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Bentrish Satarzadeh	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Stephanie Sato	Alameda County Superior Court	California	active
Dalip Singh Saund	Westmoreland Judicial District	California	deceased	First Asian American elected Justice of the Peace
Lorna G. Schofield	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	New York	active
Karen Gren Scholer	Texas District Court, 95th Judicial District ; United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas	Texas	active
Ramona See	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Susan Ser	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Deborah Chuang Servino	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Damon Shadid	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active
Ketu Shah	King County District Court King County Superior Court	Washington	active
Manish S. Shah	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Illinois	active
Phyllis Shibata	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Sookyoung Shin	Massachusetts Appeals Court	Massachusetts	active
William Shin	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Nhan-Ai Simms	Gwinnett County Juvenile Court	Georgia	active
Lillian Sing	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	retired
Mark Singerton	Riverside County Superior Court	California	active
Anil C. Singh	New York City Civil Court ; New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department	New York	active
Rukhsanah Singh	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey	New Jersey	active
Sabita Singh	Concord District Court ; Massachusetts Appeals Court	Massachusetts	active
Anuraag Singhal	United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida	Florida	active
Eleanor C. Sinnott	Boston Municipal Court	Massachusetts	active
Taiyyeba Safri Skomra	Immigration Judge, U. S. Department of Justice	California	active
Kawika Smith	San Bernardino County Superior Court	California	active
Micah W. J. Smith	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	active
Kenneth So	San Diego Municipal Court ; San Diego County Superior Court	California	active
Janene Sohng	Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals	Washington	active
Diana Song Quiroga	United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas	Texas	active
Philip Soto	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Sri Srinivasan	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit	Washington, D.C.	active	First South Asian American U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Shortlisted for SCOTUS
Nicole J. Starr	Minnesota Second Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Arun Subramanian	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York	New York	active
Randolph M. Subryan	New Jersey Superior Court, Passaic County	New Jersey	retired
Richard Sueyoshi	Superior Court of Sacramento County	California	active
John H. Sugiyama	Superior Court of Contra Costa County	California	retired
Linda Sun	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Jennifer Sung	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active
Thomas Surh	Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Steven Suzukawa	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; California Court of Appeal, 2nd District	California	retired
Paul Suzuki	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Leah Taguba	King County District Court	Washington	active
Sanjay Tailor	Cook County Circuit Court Illinois First District Appellate Court	Illinois	active
Irene Takahashi	Contra Costa County Municipal Court	California	retired
Takasugi Takai	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	retired
Drew Takaichi	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Jon Takasugi	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	deceased
Patricia Medina Talbert	New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County	New Jersey	Term Ended
Indira Talwani	United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts	Massachusetts	active
Gloria Tan	Massachusetts Juvenile Court ; Massachusetts Appeals Court	Massachusetts	active
Sen K. Tan	Anchorage Superior Court	Alaska	retired
Victor Tan	California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	retired
Gary Tanaka	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Julie Tang	San Francisco Municipal Court ; San Francisco County Superior Court	California	retired
Paul E. Tang	Arizona Superior Court, Pima County	Arizona	retired
Thomas Tang	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Arizona	deceased	First Chinese American federal judge in the continental U.S.
Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part	New York	active
A. Wallace Tashima	U.S, District Court for the Central District of California ; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	California	active	First Japanese American U.S. Court of Appeals judge
Amul Thapar	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ; United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	Kentucky	active
Indu Thomas	Thurston County Superior Court	Washington	active
Kathryn Doi Todd	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles Superior Court ; California Court of Appeal, 2nd District	California	retired	First Asian American female judge in the U.S.
Peter Tom	New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department	New York	retired
Michelle Tong	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
Susan Jung Townsend	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Leonard N. Trinh	San Diego County Superior Court	California	active
Ricky Tripp	Tulare County Superior Court	California	active
Terry Truong	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Richard Tsai	New York City Civil Court Judge	New York	active
Stella Tsai	Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas	Pennsylvania	active
Alex G. Tse	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	California	active
Brian Tsuchida	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington	Washington	active
Wilfred Tsukiyama	Supreme Court of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American state chief justice
Mikio Uchiyama	Fresno County Justice Court	California	deceased
Raymond Uno	Salt Lake City Court ; Utah 5th Circuit Court ; Utah 3rd District Court	Utah	deceased
Meredith Vacca	Monroe County Court ; United States District Court for the Western District of New York	New York	active
Anuradha Vaitheswaran	Iowa Court of Appeals	Iowa	retired
Rena Marie Van Tine	Cook County Circuit Court, Child Protection Illinois First District Appellate Court	Illinois	active
Thai Vang	Montgomery District Court	North Carolina	active
Padma Veeru-Collings	Office of Administrative Hearings	Washington	active
Jerry Bustos Vinluan III	Santa Cruz County Superior Court	California	active
Nathan T. Vu	Orange County Superior Court	California	active
Sophia Y. Vuelo	Minnesota Second Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Robert S. Wada	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Richelle M. Wahi	Minnesota First Judicial District	Minnesota	active
James H. Wakatsuki	Hawaii Supreme Court	Hawaii	deceased
Kimberly Walden	Tukwila Municipal Court	Washington	active
Lisa Wang	United States Court of International Trade	New York	active
Nina Y. Wang	United States District Court for the District of Colorado	Colorado	active
Shan C. Wang	Minnesota Seventh Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Neera Lall Walsh	Cook County Circuit Court	Illinois	active
Nancy Waples	Vermont Supreme Court	Vermont	active
Fumiko Hachiya Wasserman	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Madge S. Watai	State Bar Court of California	California	retired
Corinne Watanabe	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals	Hawaii	retired
Michael J. Watanabe	United States District Court for the District of Colorado	Colorado	retired
Wilfred Watanabe	Hawaii District Court	Hawaii	deceased
Derrick Watson	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	active
Tommy B. Webb	Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District	Kansas	retired	First Asian American judge in Kansas
Michael E. Whitaker	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
G. Michael Witte	Wayne Superior Court ; Dearborn Superior Court ; Dearborn County Court	Indiana	retired
Alvin T. Wong	State Court of DeKalb County, Division 1	Georgia	active
Cerena Wong	Sonoma County Superior Court	California	retired
Delbert E. Wong	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	deceased	First Chinese American Judge in the Continental U.S.
Dick Yin Wong	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii	Hawaii	deceased
Garrett L. Wong	San Francisco County Superior Court	California	active
George H. Wu	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court ; United States District Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Margie G. Woods	San Diego Municipal Court ; San Diego County Superior Court	California	active
R. Glenn Yabuno	San Bernardino Superior Court	California	active
Glenn H. Yamahiro	Milwaukee County Circuit Court	Wisconsin	active
Adam C. Yang	Minnesota Second Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Bryant Y. Yang	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Debra Wong Yang	Los Angeles Municipal Court ; Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	retired
Helen Yang	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Kristy Yang	Milwaukee County Circuit Court	Wisconsin	active
P. Paul Yang	Minnesota Second Judicial District	Minnesota	active
Scott A. Yang	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Sue Pai Yang	Essex County Workers' Compensation Court	New Jersey	retired
Paul M. Yee	Quincy District Court	Massachusetts	retired
Brian Yep	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
Steven Yep	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	unknown
Erica Yew	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Arthur Yim	Administrative Law Judge	Michigan	deceased
Jacob Yim	Los Angeles County Superior Court	California	active
George Yonehiro	Placer County Municipal Court ; Placer County Superior Court	California	deceased
Jasmine H. Yoon	United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia	Virginia	active
Youlee Yim You	United States District Court for the District of Oregon	Oregon	active
Diane C. Yu	Alameda County Superior Court	California	retired
Mary Yu	King County Superior Court ; Washington Supreme Court	Washington	retired
William Yu	Cook County Circuit Court	Illinois	active
Scott Yun	U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California	California	active
Carrie Zepeda-Madrid	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	active
Jerri J. Zhang	16th Judicial Circuit	Missouri	active

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