Michael H. Park

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Michael H. Park
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Assumed office
May 13, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byGerard E. Lynch
Personal details
Born
Michael Hun Park

(1976-04-01) April 1, 1976 (age 48)
AB)
Yale University (JD
)

Michael Hun Park (born April 1, 1976)[1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Early life and career

Park is a graduate of the

Yale Law Journal.[3]

After graduating from law school, Park served as a

Andy Oldham. He was counsel at Dechert from 2009 to 2011 and a partner from 2012 to 2015.[6] From 2015 to 2019, he practiced as a name partner at the boutique litigation firm Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC.[7][8][9]

In 2016, Park represented the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in its effort to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.[10]

Park is an adjunct professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School, where he teaches the Supreme Court Clinic.[11] He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.[12]

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Supreme Court Historical Society, the Board of Directors of Operation Exodus Inner City, and the Asian American Bar Association of New York. Park is a member of the Federalist Society.[13]

Federal judicial service

On October 10, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Park to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[9] Park became the second Asian Pacific American and the first Korean American to serve on the Second Circuit.[14] On November 13, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Park to the seat vacated by Judge Gerard E. Lynch, who took senior status on September 5, 2016.[15]

Park was on a list the Trump White House sent to Schumer and Gillibrand in July that included three other names for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where there were two vacancies: The other names were US District Judge Richard Sullivan; Matthew McGill, a partner at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington and Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.[16]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under

Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Park for a federal judgeship.[17] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day [18] On February 13, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[19] On March 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a party-line 12–10 vote.[20] On May 8, 2019, the U.S. Senate voted to invoke cloture on his nomination by a vote of 51–43.[21]
On May 9, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 52–41. He received his judicial commission on May 13, 2019.

Personal life

Park is married to Sarah Seo,[22] a legal historian and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ Voruganti, Harsh (March 6, 2019). "Michael Park – Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit". The Vetting Room. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Korea Times
  3. ^ "Masthead-Board of editors". Yale Law Journal. 2000–2001. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel, Vol 32, 2008". United States Department of Justice. 2014. p. iv. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  5. ISBN 9781422332429
    . Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Press release: Dechert's Michael H. Park Named Among 'Best Lawyers Under 40' by National Asian Pacific American Bar Association" (PDF). Dechert. November 19, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  7. ^ Lat, David (May 28, 2015). "Prominent Young Partners Leave Biglaw For A High-Powered Boutique". Above The Law. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "AABANY in the News". Asian American Bar Association of New York. 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  9. ^
    National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
    .
  10. ^ Margolies, Dan (June 12, 2016). "Kansas Retains High-Powered Law Firm In Planned Parenthood Battle". Junction City Post. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  11. ^ "Legal Clinic – Supreme Court". Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Michael Park". Columbia Law School. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  13. ^ "Michael H. Park bio". The Federalist Society. September 17, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  14. ^ Tae-hee, Lee (December 11, 2018). "Korean-American judges gaining presence in US". The Korea Herald. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  15. ^ "Twenty Six Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, November 13, 2018
  16. ^ "The White House Has Pitched a Nominee for Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed News. August 7, 2017.
  17. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
  18. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
  19. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for February 13, 2019
  20. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
  21. ^ "U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 1st Session".
  22. ^ AABANY blog
  23. ^ "Sarah A. Seo". Columbia Law School.

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External links

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Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
2019–present 		Incumbent
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