List of Asian American jurists

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Research history

Studies led by California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu (2017) ^{[1] [2]} and the Center for American Progress (2019) ^[3] 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 (if known)	State/territory	Status	Notes
Kazuhisa Abe	Kohala district Magistrate (1940–1945); Supreme Court of Hawaii (1967–1973)	Hawaii	deceased	[4] [5]
Maha-Rebekah Abejuela	Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (2019– )	Virginia	active	First Female Asian American judge in VA [6]
Peter Aduja	Hawaii First Circuit Court (1960–1962)	Hawaii	deceased	[7]
Tony Agbayani	San Joaquin County Superior Court (2007– )	California	active	[8] [9]
Alok Ahuja	Missouri Court of Appeals (2007– )	Missouri	active	[10]
Jeevan S. Ahuja	California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	active	[11]
John F. Aiso	Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1957–1968); California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (1968–1972)	California	deceased	First Japanese American judge in the continental U.S. [12]
Kathryn Akao	Superior Court of Santa Cruz County (1994–2005)	California	deceased	[13]
Benes Z. Aldana	Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals (2005–2017 )	Washington, D.C.	retired	First Asian Pacific American (Filipino) chief trial judge in the U.S. military [14]
Shahabuddeen Ally	New York City Civil Court (2019– ) Acting New York Supreme Court Justice (2023–) [15]	New York City	active	[16] [ user-generated source? ] [17]
Ramon Alvarado	Gwinnett County Recorder's Court (2019–2020)	Georgia	deceased	[18]
Deepa Ambekar	Criminal Court of the City of New York (2018– )	New York City	active	[19]
Susan H. Amini	King County Superior Court (2013– )	Washington	active	[20]
Justin Anand	Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia (2012– )	Georgia	active	[21]
Marcine Anderson	King County District Court (2010–2023)	Washington	left office	[20]
Akemi D. Arakaki	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[22]
Jacqueline M. Arroyo	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2008– )	California	active	[23]
Rita L. Badhan	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[24]
Judy Bae	San Diego County Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[25]
Paul W. Baelly	Ventura County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2017–2020; Judge: 2020– )	California	active	[24]
Eugene Balonon	Superior Court of Sacramento County (2005–2021)	California	retired	[26]
Michael Isaku Begert	Superior Court of San Francisco County (2010– )	California	active	[27]
Thang Nguyen Barrett	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (1997– )	California	active	[28] [29]
David F. Bauman	New Jersey Superior Court, Monmouth County (2008– )	New Jersey	active	[30]
Riko E. Bishop	Nebraska Court of Appeals (2013– )	Nebraska	active	[31]
Cathy Bissoon	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2011– )	Pennsylvania	active	[32]
Cliff Blakely	Alameda County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active
Alicia Yoko Blanco	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2015–2020; Judge: 2020– )	California	active	[24]
Gail Chang Bohr	Ramsey County District Court (2009–2014)	Minnesota	retired	[33]
Frances Bourliot	Texas Court of Appeals (2018– )	Texas	active	[34]
Tracie L. Brown	Superior Court of San Francisco County (2013–2018); California Court of Appeal, 1st District (2018– )	California	active	[35] [36]
Brianne J. Buccicone	Minnesota Tenth Judicial District (2017– )	Minnesota	active	[37]
Tam Bui	Everett District Court (2006– )	Washington	active	[38]
Sanket J. Bulsara	Magistrate Judge of the Eastern District of New York (2017– )	New York	active	[39]
Patrick J. Bumatay	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2019– )	California	active	[40]
Susan N. Burke	Hennepin County District Court (2005– )	Minnesota	active	[41]
Tani Cantil-Sakauye	Superior Court of Sacramento County (1997–2005); California Third District Court of Appeal (2005–2010); California Supreme Court (2010–2023)	California	retired	First Filipino and first Woman of Color California Chief Justice [42]
Corie J. Caraway	Butte County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[24]
Bruce Chan	Superior Court of San Francisco County (2004– )	California	active	[43]
Derrick H.M. Chan	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2017– )	Hawaii	active	[44]
Roger Chan	Superior Court of San Francisco County (2016– )	California	active	[45]
Adam Chang	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[46]
Edmond E. Chang	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2010– )	Illinois	active	[47]
James Chang	Santa Clara Municipal Court (1983–1989); Superior Court of Santa Clara County (1989–2003)	California	retired	[48] [49]
Kevin S. C. Chang	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2000– )	Hawaii	active	[50]
Shellyanne W.L. Chang	Superior Court of Sacramento County (2002– )	California	active	[51]
S. Raj Chatterjee	Alameda County Superior Court (2017– )	California	active	[52]
Ed Chau	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[53]
Ken H. Chau	Administrative Law Judge, Social Security	Missouri	active	[54]
Manjari Chawla	State Bar Court of California (San Francisco; 2018– )	California	active	[55]
Meng Li Che	Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (2010–2023); Washington Court of Appeals (2023– )	Washington	active	[56] [57]
Edward M. Chen	U.S. Magistrate Judge (2001–2011); United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2011–2022)	California	Senior	[58] Assumed senior status May 17, 2022 [59]
Frank W. Chen	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2019– )	California	active	[60]
Ida K. Chen	Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District Pennsylvania (1988– )	Pennsylvania	active	[61]
Pamela K. Chen	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2013– )	New York	active	[62]
Raymond T. Chen	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2013– )	Washington, D.C.	active	[63]
Andrew Y.S. Cheng	San Francisco County Superior Court (2009– )	California	active	[64]
David Wellington Chew	Texas Courts of Appeals, 8th District (1995–2011)	Texas	retired	[65]
Alberta Chew	Superior Court of Solano County (Commissioner: 1994–2008)	California	retired	[66]
Linda Chew	Texas District Court, 327th Judicial District (2002–2022)	Texas	retired	[67]
Vince Chhabria	United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2014– )	California	active	[68]
Jennifer C. Chiang	Sugar Land Municipal Court (2015– )	Texas	active	[69]
Andrea Chin	Seattle Municipal Court (2019– )	Washington	active	[20]
Denny Chin	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–2010); United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2010– )	New York	active	[70] [71]
Jason Chin	Alameda County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active	[72]
Ming Chin	Alameda County Superior Court (1988–1990); California First District Court of Appeal (1990–1996); California Supreme Court (1996–2020)	California	retired	[73]
Richard J. Chin	Boston Municipal Court (1989–1993); Massachusetts Superior Court (1993–2019)	Massachusetts	retired	[74]
Dorothy Chin-Brandt	New York Supreme Court, Queens County (2001–2017)	New York	retired	[75]
Hideo Chino	San Diego County Superior Court (Commissioner:1986–2008)	California	deceased	[76]
Lawrence Cho	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2005– )	California	active	[77]
Tony Cho	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[78]
Jennifer Choe-Groves	United States Court of International Trade (2016– )	New York	active	[79]
Danny Chou	San Mateo County Superior Court (2017– )	California	active	[80]
James Chou	Marin County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[81]
Herbert Choy	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1971–2004)	Hawaii	deceased	First Korean American U.S. federal judge [82]
Kenneth Chu	Administrative Law Judge, National Labor Relations Board (2012– )	New York	active	[83]
Regina M. Chu	Minnesota Fourth Judicial District (2002–2022) Senior Judge (2023– )	Minnesota	Senior	[84] [85]
Theodore D. Chuang	United States District Court for the District of Maryland (2014– )	Maryland	active	[86]
A. Marisa Chun	San Francisco County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[87]
Danny K. Chun	New York Supreme Court, Kings County (2005– )	New York	active	[88]
John H. Chun	King County Superior Court (2014–2018); Washington Court of Appeals (2018–2022); United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2022– )	Washington	active	[89]
Charles Carlos Chung	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2006– )	California	active	[90]
Frederick Chung	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active	[91]
Jo-Ann Chung	Anchorage Superior Court (2011– )	Alaska	active	[92]
Lisa Chung	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2003– )	California	active	[93]
Robert E. Chung	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active	[20]
Samuel Chung	King County Superior Court (2014– )	Washington	active	[20]
Maria Kuriakos Ciesel	Cook County Circuit Court (2007– )	Illinois	active	[94]
Ramiro P. Cisneros	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[95] [96]
Linda W.Y. Coburn	Washington Court of Appeals (2020– )	Washington	active	[20]
Rabeea Sultan Collier	Harris County District Court (2019– )	Texas	active	[97]
Jamie L. Cork	Minnesota First Judicial District (2016– )	Minnesota	active	[98]
Patricia Yim Cowett	San Diego Municipal Court (1979–1998); San Diego County Superior Court (1998–2008)	California	retired	[99] [100]
Johanna Thai Van Dat	Santa Clara County Superior Court (Commissioner) (2022– )	California	active	[101]
Susan K. DeClercq	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2023– )	Michigan	active	[102]
Dipti Vaid Dedhia	Edison Municipal Court (2022– )	New Jersey	active	First South Asian Female Judge in New Jersey [103]
Roger DeHoog	Oregon Supreme Court (2022– )	Oregon	active	[104]
Roopali Desai	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2022– )	Arizona	active	[105]
Israel Abaya Desierto	Cook County Circuit Court, District 1 (2005– )	Illinois	active	[106]
Kuljinder Dhillon	King County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Truc Do	San Diego County Superior Court (2018–2021); California Court of Appeals, Fourth District (2021– )	California	active	First Vietnamese American Judge in San Diego [107]
Gregory Dohi	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2007– )	California	active	[108]
Chanpone Sinlapasai	Multnomah County Circuit Court (2021– )	Oregon	active	[109]
David Doi	Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge (1983–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000–2006 )	California	deceased	[110] [111]
Nelson Doi	Hawaii State Circuit Courts (1970–1975)	Hawaii	deceased	Former Lt Governor of Hawaii [112]
Miranda Du	United States District Court for the District of Nevada (2012– )	Nevada	active	[113]
Fernande R. V. Duffly	Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2011–2016)	Massachusetts	retired	First Asian-American Massachusetts Supreme Court justice [114]
Jacqueline My-Le Duong	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2007– )	California	active	[115]
Wendy Duong	Houston Municipal Court (1991–1994)	Texas	retired	First Vietnamese American in the U.S. [116]
Nina F. Elgo	Connecticut Superior Court (2004–2017); Connecticut Appellate Court (2017– )	Connecticut	active	[117]
Randall T. Eng	New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department (2012– )	New York	active	[118]
Alison Matsumoto Estrada	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2015– )	California	active	[119]
Samuel Feng	San Francisco County Superior Court (2009– )	California	active	[120]
Harold Fong	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1982–1995)	Hawaii	deceased	[121]
Keith Fong	Alameda County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active
Keith Fudenna	Alameda County Superior Court (1997– )	California	retired	[122]
John Fugh	Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army (1991–1993)	Washington, D.C.	retired	First Asian American Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army [123]
Carin Fujisaki	California Court of Appeal, 1st District (2018– )	California	active	[124]
Hiroshi Fujisaki	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1977–1982); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1982–1997)	California	retired	[125]
Fred Fujioka	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2002– )	California	active	[126]
Margaret Fujioka	Alameda County Superior Court (2017– )	California	active	[127]
Alexa D.M. Fujise	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2004– )	Hawaii	active	[128]
Morio L. Fukuto	South Bay Municipal Court (1974–1979); Los Angeles Superior Court (1979–1987); California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (1987–1999)	California	deceased	[129]
Una S. Gandbhir	Anchorage Superior Court (2018– )	Alaska	active	[130]
Leah Gasendo	State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (2012– )	California	active	[131]
Delbert Gee	Alameda County Superior Court (2002–2022)	California	retired	[132]
Dolly Gee	United States District Court for the Central District of California (2010– )	California	active	First Chinese American Female U.S. District Court judge [133]
Herbert W. Gee	Houston Municipal Court (2000–2011)	Texas	active	[134]
Lisa M. Ginoza	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2010–2024); Supreme Court of Hawaii (2024– )	Hawaii	active	[135]
Marilyn D. Go	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1993–2016)	New York	retired	[136]
Johnny Cepeda Gogo	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[137]
Karen Gopee	Criminal Court of the City of New York (2015– )	New York City	active	[138]
Paul Grewal	United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2010–2016)	California	retired	[139]
Helena Gweon	Superior Court of Sacramento County (2006– )	California	active	[140]
Howard Halm	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2009–2018)	California	active	[141]
Sunil R. Harjani	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2019– )	Illinois	active	[142]
Roy Hashimoto	Alameda County Superior Court (1996–2018)	California	retired	[143] [144]
Douglas Hatchimonji	Orange County Superior Court (2003– )	California	active	[145]
Dennis Hayashi	Alameda County Superior Court (2006– )	California	active	[146]
Sanju Oommen Green	Cook County Circuit Court (2018–)	Illinois	active	[147]
Roberta Hayashi	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2014– )	California	active	[148]
Yoshimi Hayashi	Hawaii District Court (1972–1974); Hawaii Circuit Court (1974–1980); Hawaii Court of Appeals (1980–1982); Supreme Court of Hawaii (1982–1992)	Hawaii	deceased	[149]
Walter Heen	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1981); Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (1982–1994)	Hawaii	retired	[150]
William Haʻehaʻe Heen	Hawaii state circuit court (1917–1919)	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American (Chinese) judge in the United States [151]
Robert Higa	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1978–1980); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1980–2018)	California	retired	[152]
Kelly Higashi	Superior Court of the District of Columbia (2018– )	Washington, D.C.	active	[153]
Jacquelyn High-Edward	Spokane County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Stuart Hing	Alameda County Superior Court (2008– )	California	active	[154]
Joni Hiramoto	Contra Costa Municipal Court (1998); Superior Court of Contra Costa County (1998– )	California	active	[155]
Keith K. Hiraoka	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2018– )	Hawaii	active	[156]
Ernest Hiroshige	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1980–1982); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1982– )	California	active	[157]
James C. Ho	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2018– )	Texas	active	[158]
Rose Hom	Superior Court of Los Angeles County (1994–2013)	California	active	[159] [160]
Russell Hom	Sacramento County Superior Court (2002– )	California	active	[161]
Sandy Hom	Immigration Judge, U.S. Department of Justice (1993– )	New York	active	[162]
Jeannie J. Hong	Maryland District Court, District 1 (Baltimore) (2011– )	Maryland	active	[163]
Mark Huang	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active	[164]
Robert S. Huie	United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2022– )	California	active	[165]
Victor Hwang	San Francisco County Superior Court (2016–)	California	active	[166]
Audra Ibarra	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active	[167]
Garry Ichikawa	Solano County Superior Court (2000–2017)	California	retired	[168] [169] [170] [171]
Paul Igasaki	Administrative Review Board at the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2018)	Virginia	active
Efren Iglesia	Monterey County Superior Court (2007–2021)	California	retired	[172]
Dale Ikeda	Fresno County Superior Court (2000–2018)	California	retired	[173]
John Ing	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2007– )	California	active	[174]
Anthony W. Ishii	United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1997–2012)	California	Senior	[175] Assumed senior status October 31, 2012 [176]
Lance Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1987–2015)	California	retired	Known for presiding over the O. J. Simpson criminal trial [177]
Patricia Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: retired c. 2016)	California	retired	[178]
Roger Ito	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2002– )	California	active	[179]
Don W. Joe	U.S. HHS Office of Medicare Hearings & Appeals	Florida	active	[180]
Myong J. Joun	Boston Municipal Court (2014–2023); United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2023– )	Massachusetts	active	[181]
Edward Y. Kakita	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1980–2000)	California	deceased	[182]
Upinder Kalra	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[183]
Tim Kam	Solano County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[184]
Masako Kanazawa	Washington Court of Appeals (Commissioner: 2013– )	Washington	active	[20]
Wayne Kanemoto	Santa Clara County Municipal Court (1962–1982)	California	deceased	[185]
Robert Kawahara	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2002– )	California	active	[186]
Gale Kaneshiro	San Diego Municipal Court (1989–1998); San Diego County Superior Court (1998– )	California	active	[187]
Shiro Kashiwa	U.S. Court of Claims (1972–1982); United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1982–1986)	Washington, D.C.	deceased	First Japanese American federal judge [188]
Eileen A. Kato	King County District Court (1994–2016)	Washington	retired	[189]
Kenly Kiya Kato	United States District Court for the Central District of California (2014– )	California	active	[190]
Kenneth H. Kato	Washington Court of Appeals, Division 3 (1997–2007)	Washington	retired	[191]
Warren Masami Kato	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[192]
Ken W. Kawaichi	Oakland-Piedmont-Emeryville Municipal Court, 1975–1980; Alameda County Superior Court (1980–2003)	California	retired	[193]
Lynne Kawamoto	Cook County Circuit Court, Probate (1991–2013)	Illinois	retired	[194]
Ben Kayashima	San Bernardino County Superior Court (1980–2012)	California	retired	[195]
Nadia Keilani	San Diego County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2019– )	California	active	[196]
Joyce L. Kennard	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1986–1987); Los Angeles Superior Court (1987–1988); California Second District Court of Appeal (1988–1989); California Supreme Court (1989–2014)	California	active	[197]
Abraham Aponte Khan	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1988–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000– )	California	active	[198]
Edward S. Kiel	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (2019– )	New Jersey	active	[199]
Andrew C. Kim	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2016– )	California	active	[200]
Brian G. Kim	Maryland District Court, District 6 (2002–2011)	Maryland	resigned	[201] [202]
Chong Kim	Doraville Municipal Court (2020– )	Georgia	active	[203]
Dorothy Kim	California Courts of Appeal (2018– )	California	active	[204]
Esther Kim	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[205]
Frank S. Kim	San Joaquin Municipal Court (1971–1979); Superior Court of San Joaquin County (1979–1991)	California	retired	[206] [207]
Janet Kim	Office of Administrative Hearings	Washington	active	[20]
Mark C. Kim	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1998–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000– )	California	active	[208]
Steve Kim	United States District Court for the Central District of California (2016– )	California	active	[209]
Young Kim	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2001–2010); United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2010– )	Illinois	active	[210]
George H. King	United States District Court for the Central District of California (1987–2016)	California	retired	[211]
John Kirihara	Merced County Superior Court (2001– )	California	active	[212]
Evan Kitahara	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2019–)	California	active	[213]
Bert T. Kobayashi	Supreme Court of Hawaii (1969–1978)	Hawaii	deceased	[214]
Charles Kobayashi	Sacramento County Superior Court (1991–2006)	California	retired	[215]
Leslie E. Kobayashi	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2010– )	Hawaii	active	[216]
Lucy Koh	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2008–2010); United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2010–2021); United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2021– )	California	active	[217]
Kimi Kondo	Seattle Municipal Court (1986–2019)	Washington	retired	[218]
Sunil Kulkarni	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2013– )	California	active	[219]
Sanjay T. Kumar	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2005– )	California	active	[220]
Shalina D. Kumar	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2021– )	Michigan	active	[221]
Peggy Kuo	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2015– )	New York	active	[222]
M. Sue Kurita	El Paso County Court at Law, No. 6 (1998– )	Texas	active	[223]
Michael W. Kwan	Taylorsville Municipal Justice Court (1998– )	Utah	active	[224]
Robert N. Kwan	U.S. Bankruptcy Court (2007– )	California	active	[225]
Ruth Ann Kwan	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1995–1998); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1998– )	California	active	[226]
Owen Lee Kwong	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1989–1993); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1993–2015)	California	retired	[227]
Jonathon Lack	King County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Bennie La Forteza	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2008– )	California	active	[228]
Lydia C. Lai	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (2003– )	New York	active	[229]
Gene Lam	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active	[164]
Newton Lam	San Francisco County Superior Court (2001– )	California	active	[230]
John Lansden	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (2003– )	New York	active	[231]
Laurie L. Lau	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (1993–2017)	New York	retired	[232]
Alfred Laureta	District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (1978–1988)	Northern Mariana Islands	deceased	[233]
Christopher P. Lee	Administrative Law Judge, Social Security (1994–2006)	New York	retired	[234]
Cynthia Lee	San Francisco Municipal Court (1998); San Francisco County Superior Court (1998– )	California	active	[235]
Elizabeth Lee	San Mateo County Superior Court (2005– )	California	active	[236]
Eumi K. Lee	Alameda County Superior Court (2019–2024); United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2024– )	California	active	[237]
Jayne Chong-Soon Lee	San Joaquin County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2018– )	California	active	[238]
John Z. Lee	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2012–2022); United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2022– )	Illinois	active	[239]
Kenneth Lee	Arizona Superior Court, Pima County (1997– )	Arizona	active	[240]
Kenneth K. Lee	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2019– )	California	active	[241]
Jo-Lynne Q. Lee	Alameda County Superior Court (2002– )	California	active	[242]
Linda CJ Lee	Washington Court of Appeals (2013– )	Washington	active	[20]
Lorraine Lee	Office of Administrative Hearings	Washington	active	[20]
Nelson K.H. Lee	King County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Richard Lee	Orange County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[243]
Susan Lee	State of California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	active	[244]
Tony N. Leung	Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota (1994–2011); United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (2011– )	Minnesota	active	[245]
Arthur Lew	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1994–2014)	California	deceased	[246]
Jonathan Lew	State of California Office of Administrative Hearings	California	active	[247]
Ronald S.W. Lew	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1982–1984); Los Angeles Superior Court (1984–1987); United States District Court for the Central District of California (1987–2023)	California	deceased	[248]
Wendy C. Li	New York Civil Court (2019– )	New York	active	[17]
Cynthia Lie	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2014– )	California	active	[249]
Arnold Lim	New York City Family Court (2000– )	New York	active	[250]
John S.W. Lim	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (1999–2007)	Hawaii	deceased	[251]
Lillian Lim	San Diego County Superior Court (1986–2007)	California	retired	[252]
Rosa Lim	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active	[164]
Karen Lin	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (appt. 2006) Queens County (2023– )	New York	resigned	[253] [254]
Rita F. Lin	Superior Court of San Francisco County (2018–2023); United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2023– )	California	active	[255]
Tana Lin	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2021– )	Washington	active	[256]
Doris Ling-Cohan	New York Supreme Court, New York County	New York	active	[257]
Andrew Liu	Monterey County Superior Court (2014– )	California	active	[258]
Charles Y.J. Liu	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (2017–2018)	New York	deceased	[259]
Goodwin Liu	California Supreme Court (2011– )	California	active	[260]
Livia Liu	Dallas County Criminal District Court, No. 7 (2017– )	Texas	active	[261]
Pelayo A. Llamas, Jr.	Alameda County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2019–2022; Judge 2022–)	California	active	[262] [263] [264]
Paul Lo	Merced County Superior Court (2013– )	California	active	[265]
Cynthia Loo	Los Angeles Superior Court (2000–2013); Mariposa County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2014–2015); Kern County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2015– )	California	active	[266]
Pahoua Lor	Fresno County Superior Court (2022 – )	California	active	[267]
Jessie Louie	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	retired	[268]
Lenard Louie	San Francisco Municipal Court (1985–1989); San Francisco County Superior Court (1989–2004)	California	deceased	[269]
Harry Low	San Francisco Municipal Court (1967–1974); San Francisco Superior Court (1974–1983); California Court of Appeal, 1st District (1983–1992)	California	retired	[270]
Elaine Lu	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2007–)	California	active	[271]
Jackson Lucky IV	Riverside County Superior Court (2008– )	California	active	[272]
Christopher Lui	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2014– )	California	active	[273]
Elwood G. Lui	California Court of Appeal APJ,2nd District (1975–1987; 2015–)	California	active	[274]
Jennifer T. Lum	United States District Court for the Central District of California (2001–2009)	California	active	[275]
Jason Luong	Harris County District Court (2019– )	Texas	active	[276]
Linda Lye	Contra Costa County Superior Court (2018–2020)	California	retired	[277]
John K.C. Mah	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	retired	[164]
Kenji Machida	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2001–2018)	California	active	[278]
Jaya K. Madhavan	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (2004– 2019?)	New York	Term ended	[279] [280]
Kazuharu Makino	Orange County Superior Court (1986–2011)	California	active	[281]
Joaquin V.E. Manibusan Jr.	United States District Court for the District of Guam (2004–2020)	Guam	retired	[282]
Jenny Cheung Marino	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2020– )	California	active	[283]
Masaji Marumoto	Supreme Court of Hawaii (1956–1973)	Hawaii	deceased	First Japanese American Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii [284]
William M. Marutani	Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District Pennsylvania (1975–1986)	Pennsylvania	deceased	[285]
Fa’amomoi P. Masaniai, Jr.	King County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Laura Masunaga	Siskiyou County Superior Court (2005–2019)	California	retired	[286]
Kiyo A. Matsumoto	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2008– )	New York	active	[287]
Pamala Matsumoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Juvenile Court Referee; term ended 2012); Administrative Law Judge	California	Term ended	[288]
Chuck Mau	United States Tax Court (1948–1950) United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1950–1951)	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American (Chinese) Federal Judge [289]
Aimee Maurer	Spokane County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Jon Mayeda	Los Angeles County Municipal Court (1981–1999); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1999–2007)	California	retired	[290]
Christopher McDonald	Iowa Supreme Court (2019– )	Iowa	active	[291]
Maureen McKee	King County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Sabrina McKenna	Hawaii State Supreme Court (2011– )	Hawaii	active	[292]
Carla Wong McMillian	Georgia State Court for Fayette County (2010–2013); Georgia Court of Appeals (2013–2020); Supreme Court of Georgia (2020– )	Georgia	active	[293]
Cheryl Chun Meegan	Superior Court of Sacramento County (1994–2018)	California	retired	[294]
Amit Mehta	United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2014– )	Washington, D.C.	active	[295]
Benjamin Menor	Hawaii Circuit Court (1968–1974) Supreme Court of Hawaii (1974–1983)	Hawaii	deceased	First Filipino American State Supreme Court Justice [296]
Nathan D. Mihara	Santa Clara County Superior Court (1988–1993); California Court of Appeal, 6th District (1993– )	California	active	[297]
Elisabeth K. Mineta	Monterey County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[298]
Vibhav Mittal	Orange County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[95]
Jack Mizuha	Supreme Court of Hawaii (1961–1968 )	Hawaii	deceased	[299]
Susan Oki Mollway	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1998–2015)	Hawaii	senior	First Asian American female federal judge [300] Granted senior status in 2015 [301]
Ronald T.Y. Moon	Hawaii First Circuit Court (1982–1990); Hawaii State Supreme Court (1990–2010)	Hawaii	deceased	[302] [303]
Joanne Motoike	Orange County Superior Court (2013– )	California	active	[304]
Kenneth Moy	DuPage County Circuit Court (1996–2007)	Illinois	retired	[305]
Sarala Nagala	United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (2021– )	Connecticut	active	[306]
John Nalbandian	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2018– )	Kentucky	active	[307]
Mike K. Nakagawa	Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada (2006– )	Nevada	active	[308]
Robert Nakagawa	State of California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board	California	active	[309]
Vernon K. Nakahara	Alameda County Municipal Court (1989–1995); Alameda County Superior Court (1995–2018)	California	retired	[310] [311]
Lynn Nakamoto	Oregon Court of Appeals (2011–2016); Supreme Court of Oregon (2015–2021)	Oregon	retired	[312]
Craig H. Nakamura	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2004–2018)	Hawaii	retired	[313]
Kirk Nakamura	Orange County Superior Court (2001– )	California	active	[314]
Eric Nakata	San Bernardino Municipal Court (1995–1998); San Bernardino County Superior Court (1998–2017)	California	active	[315]
Paula A. Nakayama	Supreme Court of Hawaii (1993–2023)	Hawaii	retired	[316]
Arthur Nakazato	United States District Court for the Central District of California (1996–2016)	California	retired	[317]
Marcus Naylor	King County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Jacqueline Nguyen	Superior Court of Los Angeles (2002–2009); United States District Court for the Central District of California (2009–2012); United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012– )	California	active	[318]
Nho Trong Nguyen	Orange County Superior Court (2000–2013)	California	retired	[319]
Daniel Nishigaya	Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2010– )	California	active	[320]
Cary Nishimoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1987– )	California	active	[321]
Ricardo Ocampo	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2008– )	California	active	[322]
John Oda	Alameda County Municipal Court (1987–1989); Workers Compensation Appeals Board (Commissioner: 1989–1995)	California	retired	[323] [324]
Jinsook Ohta	San Diego County Superior Court (2020–2021); United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2021– )	California	active	[325]
Sam Ohta	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1998–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000– )	California	active	[326]
Jeffrey K. Oing	New York Supreme Court (2017– )	New York	active	[327]
Patrick Oishi	King County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Melvin Okamoto	Denver County Court (1999–2008)	Colorado	retired	[328] [329]
Vincent Okamoto	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2002–2020)	California	deceased	[330]
Dan Oki	Citrus Municipal Court (1992–1997); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1997–2019)	California	retired	[331]
Tomekichi Okino	Puna district Magistrate (1934–)	Hawaii	deceased	First Japanese American Judge [332] [5]
Roxanne Song Ong	Phoenix Municipal Court (1991–2014)	Arizona	retired	[333]
Tomson T. Ong	Long Beach Municipal Court (1997–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000– )	California	active	[334]
Rafael Ongkeko	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2002– )	California	active	[335]
Sandra Otaka	Cook County Circuit Court, Child Protection (2002–2009)	Illinois	deceased	[336]
Jill Otake	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2018– )	Hawaii	active	[337]
Martha M. Pacold	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2019– )	Illinois	active	[338]
Harkjoon Paik	Monterey County Superior Court (1975–1997)	California	deceased	[339] [340]
Florence Y. Pan	Superior Court of the District of Columbia (2009–2021); United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2021–2022); United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2022– )	Washington, D.C.	active	[341]
Ushir Pandit-Durant	New York Supreme Court 11th Judicial District (2019– )	New York (state)	active	[342] [ user-generated source? ] [17]
Ann H. Park	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2014– )	California	active	[343]
Michael H. Park	United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2019– )	New York	active	[344]
Mihae Park	Gwinnett County Recorders Court (2021 – )	Georgia	active	[345]
David Pendleton	Administrative Law Judge, Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (2006–2016)	Hawaii	term ended	[346]
Mia Roberts Perez	Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (2016–2022); United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2022– )	Pennsylvania	active	[347]
Cheri Pham	Orange County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[348]
Tu M. Pham	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (2003– )	Tennessee	active	[349]
Vedica Puri	San Francisco Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[350]
Tue Phan-Quang	Executive Office for Immigration Review (1995– )	California	active	[351]
Dorothy Chou Proudfoot	City and County of San Francisco Rent Board (2018– )	California	active	[352]
Ronald Quidachay	San Francisco Municipal Court (1983–1998); San Francisco County Superior Court (1998–2018)	California	retired	[353]
Raja Rajeswari	Criminal Court of the City of New York (2015– )	New York	active	[354] [ user-generated source? ]
E. Rania Rampersad	King County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Nicholas Ranjan	United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2019– )	Pennsylvania	active	[355]
Archana Rao	Criminal Court of the City of New York (2020– )	New York City	active	[356]
Neomi Rao	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2019– )	Washington, D.C.	active	[357]
Julian C. Recana	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2015– )	California	active	[358]
Mel Recana	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1981– )	California	active	[359]
Sheila Recio	Orange County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active	[360]
Benjamin Reyes	Superior Court of Contra Costa County (2017– )	California	active	[361]
Brenda T. Rhoades	U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2003– )	Texas	active	[362]
Whitney Rivera	Edmonds Municipal Court	Washington	active	[20]
Jerome Roaché	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active	[20]
Aruna P. Rodrigo	San Bernardino County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2020–2021; Judge: 2021– )	California	active	[363] [87]
Regina M. Rodriguez	United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2021– )	Colorado	active	[364]
Rebecca Rossow	Ramsey County Juvenile and Family Court Division (Referee: 2011– )	Minnesota	active	[365]
Donna Ryu	United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2010– )	California	active	[366]
Tammy C. Ryu	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2002– )	California	active	[367]
Dana Sabraw	San Diego Municipal Court (1995–1998); San Diego County Superior Court (1998–2003); United States District Court for the Southern District of California (2003– )	California	active	[368]
Mamoru Sakuma	Sacramento County Municipal Court (1963–1964); Sacramento County Superior Court (1964–1985)	California	deceased	[369]
Stephanie C. Santoro	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2023– )	California	active	[370]
Cesar Sarmiento	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1993–2014)	California	active	[371]
Bentrish Satarzadeh	Alameda County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2019– )	California	active	[372]
Stephanie Sato	Alameda County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[373]
Dalip Singh Saund	Westmoreland Judicial District (1952–1957)	California	deceased	First Asian American (Indian) elected Justice of the Peace [374]
Lorna G. Schofield	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2012– )	New York	active	[375]
Karen Gren Scholer	Texas District Court, 95th Judicial District (2001–2008); United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2018– )	Texas	resigned	[376]
Ramona See	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1997– )	California	active	[377]
Susan Ser	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[378]
Deborah Chuang Servino	Orange County Superior Court (2009– )	California	active	[379]
Damon Shadid	Seattle Municipal Court	Washington	active	[20]
Ketu Shah	King County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Manish S. Shah	United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2014– )	Illinois	active	[380]
Phyllis Shibata	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2001– )	California	active	[381]
Nhan-Ai Simms	Gwinnett County Juvenile Court (2020–	Georgia	active	[382] [383]
Lillian Sing	San Francisco County Superior Court (1983–2015)	California	retired	[384]
Mark Singerton	Riverside County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[385]
Anil C. Singh	New York City Civil Court (2012); New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (2017– )	New York	active	[386]
Rukhsanah Singh	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (2022– )	New Jersey	active	[387]
Sabita Singh	Concord District Court (2006–2017); Massachusetts Appeals Court (2018– )	Massachusetts	active	[388]
Anuraag Singhal	United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2019– )	Florida	active	[389]
Eleanor C. Sinnott	Boston Municipal Court (2006– )	Massachusetts	active	[390]
Taiyyeba Safri Skomra	Immigration Judge, U. S. Department of Justice (2022– )	California	active	[391]
Kawika Smith	San Bernardino County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[373]
Micah W. J. Smith	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2024– )	Hawaii	designate	[392]
Kenneth So	San Diego Municipal Court (1994–1998); San Diego County Superior Court (1998– )	California	active	[393]
Janene Sohng	Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals	Washington	active	[20]
Diana Song Quiroga	United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (2012– )	Texas	active	[394]
Philip Soto	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1998– )	California	active	[395]
Sri Srinivasan	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2013– )	Washington, D.C.	active	First South Asian American U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, Shortlisted for SCOTUS [396]
Nicole J. Starr	Minnesota Second Judicial District (2015– )	Minnesota	active	[397]
Randolph M. Subryan	New Jersey Superior Court, Passaic County	New Jersey	retired	[398]
Richard Sueyoshi	Superior Court of Sacramento County (2009– )	California	active	[399]
John H. Sugiyama	Superior Court of Contra Costa County (2002–2020)	California	retired	[400]
Linda Sun	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[401]
Jennifer Sung	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2021– )	California	active	[402]
Thomas Surh	Alameda County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2002– )	California	retired	[403]
Steven Suzukawa	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1989–1992); Los Angeles Superior Court (1993–2006); California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (2006–2014)	California	active	[404]
Paul Suzuki	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[405]
Leah Taguba	King County District Court	Washington	active	[20]
Sanjay Tailor	Cook County Circuit Court (2003– )	Illinois	active	[406]
Irene Takahashi	Contra Costa County Municipal Court (1988–1990)	California	retired	[407]
Takasugi Takai	Santa Clara County Superior Court	California	retired	[408]
Drew Takaichi	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2010– )	California	active	[409]
Jon Takasugi	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2008– )	California	active	[410]
Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1973–1975); Los Angeles Superior Court (1975–1976); United States District Court for the Central District of California (1976–2009)	California	deceased	[411]
Patricia Medina Talbert	New Jersey Superior Court, Essex County (2000–2007)	New Jersey	Term Ended	[412]
Indira Talwani	United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2014– )	Massachusetts	active	[413]
Sen K. Tan	Anchorage Superior Court (1997–2004)	Alaska	retired	[414]
Victor Tan	California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board	California	retired	[268]
Gary Tanaka	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2009– )	California	active	[415]
Julie Tang	San Francisco Municipal Court (1991–1997); San Francisco County Superior Court (1998–2015)	California	retired	[416]
Paul E. Tang	Arizona Superior Court, Pima County (2001–2021)	Arizona	retired	[417]
Thomas Tang	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1977–1995)	Arizona	deceased	First Chinese American federal judge in the continental U.S. [418]
Elizabeth J. Yalin Tao	New York City Civil Court, Housing Part (1994– )	New York	active	[419] [420]
A. Wallace Tashima	U.S, District Court for the Central District of California (1980–1996); United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1996– )	California	Senior	First Japanese American U.S. Court of Appeals judge, granted senior status in 2004 [421]
Amul Thapar	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2008–2017); United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2017– )	Kentucky	active	[422]
Indu Thomas	Thurston County Superior Court	Washington	active	[20]
Kathryn Doi Todd	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1978–1981); Los Angeles Superior Court (1981–2000); California Court of Appeal, 2nd District (2000–2013)	California	retired	First Asian American female judge in the U.S. [423]
Peter Tom	New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (1994–2019)	New York	retired	[424]
Michelle Tong	San Francisco County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[425]
Susan Jung Townsend	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2017– )	California	active	[426]
Leonard N. Trinh	San Diego County Superior Court (2022– )	California	active	[427]
Ricky Tripp	Tulare County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[428]
Terry Truong	Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 2014– )	California	active	[429]
Richard Tsai	New York City Civil Court Judge (2017– )	New York	active	[430]
Stella Tsai	Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (2017– )	Pennsylvania	active	[431]
Alex G. Tse	United States District Court for the Northern District of California (2019– )	California	active	[432]
Brian Tsuchida	United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2008– )	Washington	active	[433]
Wilfred Tsukiyama	Supreme Court of Hawaii (1959–1965)	Hawaii	deceased	First Asian American (Japanese) state chief justice (Hawaii) [434]
Mikio Uchiyama	Fresno County Justice Court (1968–1990)	California	deceased	[435] [436]
Raymond Uno	Salt Lake City Court (1976–1978); Utah 5th Circuit Court (1978–1984); Utah 3rd District Court (1984–2002)	Utah	deceased	[437] [438]
Anuradha Vaitheswaran	Iowa Court of Appeals (1999– )	Iowa	active	[439]
Rena Marie Van Tine	Cook County Circuit Court, Child Protection (2001–2024 ) Illinois First District Appellate Court (pending)	Illinois	active	[440] [441]
Thai Vang	Montgomery District Court (2019 – )	North Carolina	active	[442]
Padma Veeru-Collings	Office of Administrative Hearings (2019 – )	Washington	active	[20] [443]
Jerry Bustos Vinluan III	Santa Cruz County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active	[373]
Nathan T. Vu	Orange County Superior Court (2018– )	California	active	[444]
Sophia Y. Vuelo	Minnesota Second Judicial District (2017– )	Minnesota	active	[445]
Robert S. Wada	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2017– )	California	active	[446]
Richelle M. Wahi	Minnesota First Judicial District (2016– )	Minnesota	active	[447]
James H. Wakatsuki	Hawaii Supreme Court (1983–1992)	Hawaii	deceased	[448]
Kimberly Walden	Tukwila Municipal Court	Washington	active	[20]
Lisa Wang	United States Court of International Trade (2024– )	New York	active	[449]
Nina Y. Wang	United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2015– )	Colorado	active	[450]
Shan C. Wang	Minnesota Seventh Judicial District (2017– )	Minnesota	active	[451]
Neera Lall Walsh	Cook County Circuit Court (2007– )	Illinois	active	[452]
Fumike Hachiya Wasserman	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1987–1993); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1993– )	California	active	[453]
Madge S. Watai	State Bar Court of California (1996–2008)	California	retired	[454]
Corinne Watanabe	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (1992–2009)	Hawaii	retired	[455]
Michael J. Watanabe	United States District Court for the District of Colorado (1999– )	Colorado	active	[456]
Wilfred Watanabe	Hawaii District Court (1981–2003)	Hawaii	deceased	[457]
Derrick Watson	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (2013– )	Hawaii	active	[458]
Tommy B. Webb	Kansas Twenty-Sixth Judicial District (1988–2016)	Kansas	retired	First Asian American judge in Kanas [459]
Michael E. Whitaker	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2014– )	California	active	[460]
G. Michael Witte	Wayne Superior Court (Judge Pro Tem: 2009); Dearborn Superior Court (2000–2008); Dearborn County Court (1985–2000)	Indiana	retired	[461]
Alvin T. Wong	State Court of DeKalb County, Division 1 (1998– )	Georgia	active	[462]
Cerena Wong	Sonoma County Superior Court (1997–2010)	California	retired	[463]
Delbert E. Wong	Los Angeles County Superior Court (1961–1982)	California	deceased	First Chinese American Judge in the Continental U.S. [464]
Dick Yin Wong	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (1975–1978)	Hawaii	deceased	[465]
Garrett L. Wong	San Francisco County Superior Court (2005– )	California	active	[466]
George Wu	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1993–1996); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1996–2007); United States District Court for the Central District of California (2007–2023)	California	Senior	[467] Assumed senior status 2023
Margie G. Woods	San Diego Municipal Court (Commissioner: 1993–2001); San Diego County Superior Court (2001– )	California	active	[468]
R. Glenn Yabuno	San Bernardino Superior Court (2019– )	California	active	[469]
Glenn H. Yamahiro	Milwaukee County Circuit Court (2003– )	Wisconsin	active	[470]
Adam C. Yang	Minnesota Second Judicial District (2018– )	Minnesota	active	[471]
Bryant Y. Yang	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2020– )	California	active	[24]
Debra Wong Yang	Los Angeles Municipal Court (1997–2000); Los Angeles County Superior Court (2000–2002)	California	retired	[472]
Kristy Yang	Milwaukee County Circuit Court (2018– )	Wisconsin	active	[473]
P. Paul Yang	Minnesota Second Judicial District (2018– )	Minnesota	active	[474]
Scott A. Yang	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2021– )	California	active
Sue Pai Yang	Essex County Workers' Compensation Court (ret. 2012)	New Jersey	retired	[475]
Arthur Yim	Administrative Law Judge (Social Security Administration, Bureau of Hearing and Appeals; 1976–1990)	Michigan	deceased	[476]
George Yonehiro	Placer County Municipal Court (1967–1985); Placer County Superior Court (1985–1998)	California	deceased	[477]
Brian Yep	Los Angeles County Superior Court (2003– )	California	active	[478]
Steven Yep	Santa Clara County Superior Court (Commissioner)	California	unknown (resigned or retired)	[479] [480]
Erica Yew	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2001– )	California	active	[481]
Jasmine H. Yoon [482]	United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (2024– )	Virginia	active
Youlee Yim You	United States District Court for the District of Oregon (2016– )	Oregon	active	[483]
Diane C. Yu	Alameda County Superior Court (Commissioner: c. 1984)	California	retired	[484]
Mary Yu	King County Superior Court (2000–2014); Washington Supreme Court (2014– )	Washington	active	[485]
William Yu	Cook County Circuit Court (2018– )	Illinois	active	[486]
Scott Yun	U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (2014– )	California	active	[487]
Carrie Zepeda-Madrid	Santa Clara County Superior Court (2003– )	California	active	[26]
Jerri J. Zhang	16th Judicial Circuit (2021– )	Missouri	active	[488]

Other topics of interest

• List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
• List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
• List of African-American jurists
• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists
• List of Jewish American jurists
• List of LGBT jurists in the United States
• List of Native American jurists

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