Asian Circuit Judges

Bloomberg Law has Trump’s Asian American Circuit Pick Reprises First Term Trend

• Eric Tung, Jones Day partner, slated for Ninth Circuit
• Trump appointed 7 Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders to circuit courts
• as Trump has sought out reliable conservatives for the appellate bench, he’s also increased Asian American representation. Of the 11 active circuit judges who self-identified as Asian American or Pacific Islander at the end of Trump’s first term, he appointed seven of the life-appointed jurists. [Ho, Thapar, Rao, Park, Bumatay, Lee]
• There are now 16 active Asian American or Pacific Islanders on the federal circuit courts