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Eileen A. Kato (born September 5, 1950) is an American lawyer, retired judge, and member of the American Bar Association's Justice Kennedy Commission on Sentencing, and past chair of the American Bar Association's Conference on Specialized Court Judges.
Eileen Kato | |
|---|---|
| Member of the American Bar Association's Justice Kennedy Commission on Sentencing | |
| Assumed office 2017[1] | |
| Judge for the King County District Court of Washington | |
| In office June 1994[2] – March 2016[3] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1950[4] Ogden, Utah, U.S.[4] |
| Education | San Jose State University (BS, MBA) Santa Clara University (JD) |
Education
editShe graduated from San Jose State University in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science and in 1977 with a Master of Business Administration.[5] She graduated in 1980 with a Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law.[5]
Legal career
editShe has worked as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the Western Washington District, and as a senior trial attorney with the Department of the Treasury. She practiced as an attorney in two private firms before joining the bench in King County, Washington, in 1994.[6]
Judicial career
editFrom 1994 to 2016, she served as a Judge for the King County District Court of Washington. She retired in 2016.
Post retirement
editSince 2017, she has served as a member of the American Bar Association's Justice Kennedy Commission on Sentencing.
References
edit- ^ "Hon. Eileen A. Kato". Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "King County, Washington".
- ^ "Judge Eileen A. Kato". Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ a b Hubbell, Martindale (December 1993). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: New York (Volume 11 - 1993). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561600496.
- ^ a b "Eileen Kato Judge Profile on Martindale.com".
- ^ "Santa Clara Law: Eileen Kato". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-27.