Derrick Kahala Watson

Derrick Watson


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Incumbent
Assumed office April 23, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David Ezra
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 49–50) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University

Derrick Kahala Watson (born 1966) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Biography

Watson was born in 1966 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from the Kamehameha Schools in 1984. He received his Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1988 from Harvard College. He received his Juris Doctor in 1991 from Harvard Law School. He began his career at the law firm of Landels, Ripley & Diamond in San Francisco, California, as an associate from 1991 to 1995. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California from 1995 to 2000, serving as Deputy Chief of the Civil Division from 1999 to 2000. He joined the San Francisco law firm of Farella Braun + Martel LLP in 2000, becoming partner in 2003, his practice focusing on product liability, toxic tort and environmental cost recovery litigation. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Hawaii from 2007 to 2013 and served as Chief of the Civil Division from 2009 to 2013.^[1]^[2]

Federal judicial service

On November 14, 2012, President Obama nominated Watson to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, to the seat vacated by Judge David Alan Ezra, who took senior status on June 27, 2012.^[1] On January 2, 2013, his nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate.

On January 3, 2013, he was renominated to the same office. His nomination was reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2013, by voice vote.^[3]

On April 18, 2013, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 94 ayes to 0 nays.^[4] He received his commission on April 23, 2013.

References

External links

Derrick Kahala Watson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by David Ezra	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 2013–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Alaska	Burgess Gleason 1 seat vacant

Arizona	Collins Jorgenson Campbell Snow Zipps Logan Tuchi Humetewa Márquez Rayes Soto 2 seats vacant

C. California	Phillips Real Wilson King Carter Anderson Walter Klausner Otero Selna Carney Fischer Guilford Gutierrez Wright Wu Gee Staton Kronstadt Fitzgerald Bernal Olguin O'Connell Birotte 4 seats vacant

E. California	O'Neill England Mendez Mueller Nunley Drozd

N. California	Hamilton Alsup White Seeborg Koh Davila Chen Rogers Tigar Orrick Donato Freeman Chhabria Gilliam

S. California	Moskowitz Burns Sabraw Hayes Houston Benitez Sammartino Anello Battaglia Bencivengo Curiel Bashant 1 seat vacant

Hawaii	Seabright Kobayashi Watson 1 seat vacant

Idaho	Winmill 1 seat vacant

Montana	Christensen Morris Watters

Nevada	Navarro Mahan Du Gordon Dorsey Boulware 1 seat vacant

Oregon	Mosman Aiken Brown Hernandez Simon McShane

E. Washington	Rice Peterson Bastian Mendoza Jr.

W. Washington	Martinez Leighton Jones Settle 3 seats vacant

Guam	Tydingco-Gatewood

N. Mariana Islands	Manglona

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