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Leslie Kobayashi
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office October 9, 2024
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office December 22, 2010 – October 9, 2024
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Helen W. Gillmor
Succeeded by	Shanlyn A. S. Park
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
In office August 2, 1999 – December 22, 2010
Personal details
Born	Leslie Emi Kobayashi (1957-10-09) October 9, 1957 (age 67) Mount Holly, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse	Clarence Pacarro (m. 1990)
Education	Wellesley College (BA) Boston College (JD)

Leslie Emi Kobayashi (born October 9, 1957) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Early life and education

Kobayashi was born in 1957 in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1979 and her Juris Doctor from the Boston College Law School in 1983.

Career

Kobayashi worked as a trial attorney and managing partner of the law firm of Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama in Honolulu for a period of 17 years. She worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Honolulu before becoming a United States magistrate judge on August 2, 1999. In 2000 and 2001, she taught at the William S. Richardson School of Law.

Federal judicial service

On April 21, 2010, Kobayashi was nominated to a seat as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii by Barack Obama. She was nominated to fill the seat vacated by Judge Helen W. Gillmor, who assumed senior status in 2009. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on December 18, 2010. This makes her the first Japanese American federal judge confirmed during the Obama Administration. She received her commission on December 22, 2010. Kobayashi assumed senior status on October 9, 2024.

See also

• List of Asian American jurists

References

1. "Dignity key for Kobayashi". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 27, 2010.
2. ^ Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire: Leslie Emi Kobayashi Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, (April 19, 2010). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. ^ Leslie E. Kobayashi at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
4. "Kobayashi confirmed as Hawaii U.S. district judge". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
5. "Senate confirms Kobayashi as U.S. District Court judge in Hawaii". KHON. December 18, 2010. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
6. "In The News – Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)". capac.chu.house.gov.

External links

• Leslie E. Kobayashi at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Leslie E. Kobayashi at Ballotpedia

• 1957 births
• Living people
• 20th-century American lawyers
• 21st-century American judges
• 21st-century American women judges
• American jurists of Japanese descent
• Boston College Law School alumni
• Lawyers from Hawaii
• Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
• People from Mount Holly, New Jersey
• United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
• United States magistrate judges
• William S. Richardson School of Law faculty
• Wellesley College alumni