Peggy Kuo

Peggy Kuo

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2031

Years in position

9

Education

Bachelor's

Yale University, 1985

Law

Harvard Law School, 1988

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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.

Education

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

Professional career

The following is a summary of Kuo's professional career:

• 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.

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

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