Jennifer Choe Groves
| Jennifer Choe Groves | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jennifer Domee Choe 1969 (age 54–55) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University A.B. Rutgers School of Law–Newark J.D. Columbia Law School LL.M. |
| Profession | Attorney |
Jennifer Choe Groves (born 1969) is a Washington, D.C. attorney in private practice and is a nominee to be a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Biography
Groves received a Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1991 from Princeton University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Rutgers School of Law–Newark. She received a Master of Laws in 1998 from Columbia Law School. She began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County District Attorney’s Office from 1994 to 1997. She was an associate at Fish & Neave LLP (now Ropes & Gray LLP) from 1998 to 2001. She served as Counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2010, she served as the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Innovation in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. During her time at USTR, she also served as chair of the Special 301 Committee, where she led the inter-agency committee’s decision-making on international trade policy and intellectual property protection. She was a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed from 2010 to 2011 and a partner at Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC from 2012 to 2013. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Titanium Law Group PLLC and Choe Groves Consulting LLC, where she provides legal and consulting services in the areas of international trade and intellectual property.[1]
Nomination to trade court
On July 30, 2015, President Obama nominated Groves to serve as a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, to the seat vacated by Judge Gregory W. Carman, who took senior status on September 15, 2014.[2]
She received a hearing on her nomination on January 27, 2016.[3] On April 7, 2016 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. Her nomination is now pending before the full Senate.[4]
References
- ↑ "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States Court of International Trade" White House, July 30, 2015
- ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" White House, July 30, 2015
- ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for January 27, 2016
- ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 7, 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee
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