George H. Wu

George H. Wu
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Incumbent
Assumed office April 17, 2007
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Ronald S.W. Lew
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
In office 1996–2007
Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court
In office 1993–1996
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) New York, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Pomona College University of Chicago

George H. Wu (born 1950) is a United States federal judge, and presently is a sitting trial judge in the federal Central District of California court in Los Angeles, California.

Education

Born in New York, New York, Wu received a B.A. from Pomona College in 1972 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1975. Judge Wu was also a law clerk for the Hon. Stanley N. Barnes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1976-1977 and in 1979.

Legal practice

After clerking for Judge Barnes, Wu was in private practice in Los Angeles, California. He was also briefly an assistant professor of law, University of Tennessee College of Law from 1979 to 1982. Additionally, he was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1993.

Judicial background

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.

Presently, Wu is a federal District Court judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California, sitting in Los Angeles. Wu was nominated to the Federal Bench by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Ronald S.W. Lew. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 2007, and received his commission on April 17, 2007.

Sources

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