Political Quotes

“the Senate will soon consider the nomination of Judge Eumi Lee to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. I rise today to share, briefly, more about this dedicated public servant and to encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting her nomination. The proud daughter of parents who survived the Korean war before emigrating to the United States, Judge Eumi Lee was born in Wisconsin and raised in Tennessee. She earned her bachelor's degree from Pomona College and her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. After law school, Judge Lee clerked for several judges on the Federal bench--first, for the Western District of Tennessee, then in the San Francisco Bay area clerking on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Now, those early days also included time working on complex litigation and white-collar defense matters in private practice, as well as developing a strong pro bono practice. After a number of years of developing core litigation skills, she began teaching as a professor at UC Hastings College of law, supervising clinical students in direct representation and appearing alongside her students in State court. It is there that Judge Lee also cofounded the Hastings Institute for Criminal Justice.…”