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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.
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Kiyo Matsumoto
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She joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by President George West. Bush. Matsumoto was a private practice attorney in Washington State from 1981 to 1983 before joining the United States. Attorney" General’ 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 In 2008, Matsumoto was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by President George West. 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.
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