Background
Koh, Steve Y. was born on August 20, 1967 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Koh, Steve Y. was born on August 20, 1967 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
University of Washington (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1989). Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1992).
Worked at Perkins Coie (Seattle, Washington) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts and before various Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Administrative, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Aviation, Banking, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Creditors" Rights, Environmental, Estate Planning, General Business, Government Contract, Hazardous Waste, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Life Sciences, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal/Public Finance, Natural Resources, Nonprofit Probate, Product Liability, Public Utility, Project Finance, Real Estate, School Law, Taxation, Toxic Torts, Water Rights, White-Collar Criminal Representation. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Washington.
Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1991-1992.
Company-author: with K. Stith, "The Politics of Sentencing Reform: The Legislative History of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines," 28 Wake Forest L.Rev. 223 (1993). Author: "Reestablishing the Federal Judge"s Role in Sentencing," 101 Yale Lord Justice 1109 (1992).
"Nonacquiescence in Immigration Decisions of the United States. Courts of Appeals," 10 Yale L.& Political"y R. 430 (1991).
Law Clerk to Honorary Patricia Wald, United States.
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1992-1993. Attorney, United States. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Fraud Section, 1993-1995.
Member: Washington State Bar Association.
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Member: Washington State Bar Association.