Jennifer Choe-Groves

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jennifer Choe-Groves

| image = Jennifer Choe Groves Photo.jpg

| office = Judge of the United States Court of International Trade

| term_start = June 8, 2016

| term_end =

| appointer = Barack Obama

| predecessor = Gregory W. Carman

| successor =

| birth_name = Jennifer Domee Choe

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Republican{{cite web |title=RNLA CONGRATULATES JENNIFER CHOE GROVES FOR HER NOMINATION TO THE U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE |url=https://www.rnla.org/rnla_congratulates_jennifer_choe_groves_for_her_nomination_to_the_u_s_court_of_international_trade |website=Republican National Lawyers Association |date=July 31, 2015}}

| education = Princeton University (AB)
Rutgers University–Newark (JD)
Columbia University (LLM)

}}

Jennifer Choe-Groves (née Jennifer Domee Choe; born 1969) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Early life and education

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Choe-Groves grew up in New Jersey, the daughter of a father who was a retired chemist and a mother who was a business owner.{{cite journal|last=Folliard|first=Patrick|url=http://www.mcca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=2070|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017171401/https://mcca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=2070|archivedate=2015-10-17|title=Spotlighting: Taking the Next Step|publisher=Minority Corporate Counsel Association|journal= Diversity & the Bar|date=2010|issue=May/June}} During her teens, she was considered among the best young concert pianists in the New York area. A graduate of Newark Academy in the class of 1987, she was honored by the school as a distinguished alumnus in 2012.[https://alumni.newarka.edu/pages/events-pages/2012-homecoming--reunion 2015-2016 Homecoming & Reunion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091308/https://alumni.newarka.edu/pages/events-pages/2012-homecoming--reunion |date=2016-08-18 }}, Newark Academy. Accessed August 14, 2016. "Awards presentation and ceremony for 2012 alumni award winners. Join us as we honor Dr. Norm Schafler, Tommy Hennigan '77, Jennifer Choe Groves '87 and Joe Scarlett '62" Choe-Groves received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1991 from Princeton University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1994 from Rutgers Law School. She received a Master of Laws in 1998 from Columbia Law School. She received a degree in Piano and Composition in 1987 from The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division.{{FJC Bio|nid=1394856|inline=yes}}

Career

Choe-Groves 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) and served as counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP. 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 and at Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC. She was the Chief Executive Officer of Titanium Law Group PLLC and Choe Groves Consulting LLC, where she provided legal and consulting services in the areas of international trade and intellectual property.{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/30/president-obama-nominates-three-serve-united-states-court-international|work=whitehouse.gov|title=President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States Court of International Trade|via=National Archives|date=30 July 2015}}

=Trade Court service=

On July 30, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Choe-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.{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/30/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|work=whitehouse.gov|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|via=National Archives|date=30 July 2015}} She received a hearing on her nomination on January 27, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nominations-01-27-16|title=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|website=www.judiciary.senate.gov}} On April 7, 2016, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20-%20April%207,%202016.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – April 7, 2016, Senate Judiciary Committee|publisher=}} On June 6, 2016, the U.S. Senate confirmed Choe-Groves in a voice vote. She received her commission on June 8, 2016. She was sworn in on June 9, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/Judges/Choe-Groves.html|title=Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves|website=www.cit.uscourts.gov}}

References

Sources

{{FJC Bio|nid=1394856}}
[http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/Judges/Choe-Groves.html Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves Biography on U.S. Court of International Trade website]

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Category:1969 births

Category:21st-century American judges

Category:21st-century American women judges

Category:Columbia Law School alumni

Category:Judges of the United States Court of International Trade

Category:Lawyers from Washington, D.C.

Category:Living people

Category:Newark Academy alumni

Category:People associated with Ropes & Gray

Category:Lawyers from Chicago

Category:People from New Jersey