Jasmine H. Yoon
Jasmine H. Yoon | |
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 Yoon in 2024 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia | |
| Assumed office July 8, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Michael F. Urbanski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hyejung Yoon 1980 (age 43–44) Ulsan, South Korea |
| Spouse | Christopher R. Kavanaugh |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA, JD) |
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon[1] (born 1980)[2] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. She previously was the vice president of Corporate Integrity, Ethics, and Investigations at Capital One Financial Corporation.
Education
[edit]Yoon received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 2003 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006.[3]
Career
[edit]From 2006 to 2009, she was an associate at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C. in its White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement group. From 2009 to 2010, she served as a law clerk for Judge James C. Cacheris of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. From 2010 to 2016, Yoon was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia as a member of the White Collar Crimes and Public Corruption Unit.[4] From 2019 to 2022, Yoon was an Interim University Counsel and Associate University Counsel at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. From 2022 to 2024, she was the Vice President of Corporate Integrity, Ethics, and Investigations at Capital One.
Federal judicial service
[edit]On January 10, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Yoon as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. On February 1, 2024, President Biden nominated Yoon to a seat being vacated by Judge Michael F. Urbanski, who subsequently assumed senior status on July 4, 2024.[5] On February 8, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On March 7, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote.[7] On March 11, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–38 vote.[8] On March 12, 2024, her nomination was confirmed by a 55–41 vote.[9] She received her judicial commission on July 8, 2024.[10] Yoon became the first Asian American judge to serve on the Western District of Virginia.[11] On October 4, 2024, a formal investiture ceremony was held at the University of Virginia School of Law.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Yoon is married to United States attorney for the Western District of Virginia Christopher R. Kavanaugh.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jasmine Hyejung Yoon Profile | Washington, DC Lawyer | Martindale.com". www.martindale.com.
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "President Biden Names Forty-Fourth Round of Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Jasmine Yoon '06 Fights Financial Fraud". UVA Law. July 7, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. February 3, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jasmine Hyejung Yoon to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia)". United States Senate. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia)". United States Senate. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Jasmine H. Yoon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Biden names first 6 new judicial nominees of 2024". Reuters. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ @UVALaw (October 9, 2024). "U.S. Judge Jasmine Yoon's investiture ceremony took place at #UVALaw last week. Yoon, the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia, posed with her 2006 classmates, including Dean Leslie Kendrick '06 and U.S. Attorney Chris Kavanaugh '06" (Tweet). Retrieved October 30, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Jasmine Yoon will be nominated for Western District judgeship". The Roanoke Times. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jasmine H. Yoon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1980 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American judges
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- 21st-century American women judges
- 21st-century American women lawyers
- American jurists of Korean descent
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- People from Ulsan
- United States district court judges appointed by Joe Biden
- University of Virginia alumni
- University of Virginia School of Law alumni