Peggy Kuo

Peggy Kuo is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She was appointed on October 9, 2015, and invested as a magistrate judge on January 5, 2016. Her current term will expire on October 8, 2031. Kuo is the first Taiwanese-American federal judge to be appointed in New York.^[1][2][3]

Education

Kuo graduated from Yale University in 1985 with her B.A. and from Harvard Law School in 1988 with her J.D.^[4]

Professional career

The following is a summary of Kuo's professional career:^[4]

• 2011-2016: Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
• 2005-2011: Chief Hearing Officer, New York Stock Exchange
• 2002-2005: Counsel, WilmerHale, LLP
• 1998-2002: UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
• 1994-1998: Acting Deputy Chief/Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
• 1989-1993: Assistant District Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia
• 1988-1989: Law Clerk, Judith W. Rogers, D.C. Court of Appeals

Judicial career

Eastern District of New York, magistrate

Kuo was appointed on October 9, 2015, and invested as a federal magistrate judge on January 5, 2016. Her current term will expire on October 8, 2031.^[1][2]

See also

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

External links

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Footnotes

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