US President Biden nominates Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong as judge

Ghanaian-born American judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as his judge for the US District Court for California.

The Yale-trained judge was among eight new candidates for the federal bench announced by the US leader on Wednesday, September 8.

With her nomination, Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong becomes the first Black woman to serve on the Ninth Circuit from California, as well as the second Black woman to ever serve on the Ninth Circuit.

She would also be the only active Black woman district court judge in any of California’s four federal district courts.

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Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong has served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2016. 

From 2015 to 2016, she served as Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

From 2007 to 2015, Judge Frimpong worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, serving in various positions, including as Counselor to the Attorney General, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch, and other positions.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Judge Frimpong worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco from 2002 to 2007.

Judge Frimpong served as a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2001 to 2002. 

Judge Frimpong received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2001 and her A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1997.

Source: 3news.com|Ghana