George H. Wu

• Sylvia Wu (mother)

George H. Wu
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office November 3, 2023
Relatives	Wu Chaoshu (grandfather) Wu Ting-fang (great-grandfather) Ho Miu-ling (great-grandmother)
Education	Pomona College (BA) University of Chicago (JD)

George Howping Wu (born November 3, 1950) is an American senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education

Born in New York City, Wu is the great-grandson of Wu Tingfang, the first ethnically Chinese barrister in England, and the grandson of Wu Chaoshu. ^{[3] [4]} He is the son of Sylvia Wu, founder of the restaurant "Madame Wu's Garden" in Santa Monica. ^[5] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1975. ^[6]

Career

Wu served as a law clerk for Judge Stanley Barnes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1976 to 1977 and in 1979. After his clerkship, Wu was in private practice in Los Angeles, California. He was also briefly an assistant professor of law at the University of Tennessee College of Law from 1979 to 1982. Additionally, he was an assistant United States attorney of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1993. ^[6]

State judicial service

In 1993, Wu was appointed as a state court judge to the Los Angeles Municipal Court. In 1996, he was elevated to a California Superior Court trial judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court and held this post until 2007. ^[6]

Federal judicial service

Wu was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007 to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, ^[7] to a seat vacated by Judge Ronald S.W. Lew. ^[8] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 2007, ^[7] and received his commission on April 17, 2007. He assumed senior status on November 3, 2023. ^[6]

See also

• List of Asian American jurists

References

1. Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2007.
2. Congressional Record, March 27, 2007
3. Bao, Guangren (March 29, 2007). "获布什任命 伍浩平成美联邦法院第四位华裔法官" [Appointed by Bush - George H. Wu becomes fourth ethnically Chinese judge of the US Federal Court]. Sina.com.cn (in Chinese). China News Service.
4. "Wu Tingfang - Lincolns Inn Factsheet" (PDF). Lincolns Inn. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
5. "When Madame Wu’s was the place for supper and celebs" in Los Angeles Times (November 17, 2014)
6. George H. Wu at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
7. "Presidential Nomination: George H. Wu". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. January 9, 2007. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
8. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 5, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2023.

External links

• George H. Wu at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Legal offices
Preceded by Ronald S.W. Lew	Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California 2007–2023	Vacant