George H. Wu

Judge George H. Wu

Personal

Birthday:

1950

Birthplace:

New York, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

Asian American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1975-1976, 1977-1979, 1989-1991
Law clerk, Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1976-1977, 1979
Assistant professor of law, University of Tennessee College of Law, 1979-1982
Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1982-1989, 1991-1993
Judge, Los Angeles [California] Municipal Court, 1993-1996
Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1996-2007

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, September 5, 2006; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Pomona College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1972

Name of School - Second:

University of Chicago Law School

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America 's great cities, Chicago offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind. Learning is participatory. Chicago does not seek to impose a single viewpoint or style of thought on its students. Instead, our faculty exposes students to contrasting views, confident in students' abilities to choose their own paths.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1975

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Central District of California

Court Name:

California Central District Court

President Nominating:

George W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/17/2007