Kiyo A. Matsumoto

Kiyo A. Matsumoto
Judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office July 22, 2008
Nominated by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward R. Korman
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 68–69) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	UC Berkeley (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.)

Kiyo A. Matsumoto (born 1955) is a district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Matsumoto graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with her bachelor's degree in 1976 and later from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree in 1981.

Legal career

Matsumoto was a private practice attorney in Washington State from 1981 to 1983 before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1983 to 2004. Matsumoto served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law from 1998 to 2004.

Federal Judicial Career

In 2008, Matsumoto was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President George W. Bush on March 11, 2008, to a seat vacated by Edward Korman. Matsumoto was confirmed by the Senate on July 17, 2008, on a majority vote and received commission on July 22, 2008. Born to second generation Japanese American parents, Matsumoto became the second Asian Pacific American woman to serve as a federal district court judge.

Sources

• Kiyo A. Matsumoto at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.