Lisa Wang (judge)

{{Infobox judge

|name = Lisa Wang

|image = Lisa Wang, Assistant Secretary of Commerce official.jpg

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

|term_start = February 7, 2024

|term_end =

|appointer = Joe Biden

|predecessor = Leo M. Gordon

|successor =

|office1 = Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance

|appointer1 = Joe Biden

|term_start1 = January 6, 2022

|term_end1 = February 7, 2024

|predecessor1 = Jeffrey Kessler

|successor1 =

|birth_name = Wen-Jia Wang

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}

|birth_place = Beijing, China

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|education = Cornell University (BS)
Georgetown University (JD)

}}

Lisa Wen-Jia Wang (born 1980){{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wang_sjq.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=July 25, 2023}} is a Chinese-American lawyer from Washington, D.C. who has served as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade since 2024.

Early life and education

Wang was born to Tina Congying Wang and Frank Xiaohang Wang in Beijing, China.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title=Opening Statement of Lisa Wang, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Department of Commerce |url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/211109%20Lisa%20Wang%20Opening%20Statement.pdf |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=www.finance.senate.gov}} Her family immigrated to the United States when she was five. She grew up in East Greenbush, New York.

She earned a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in 2002 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 2006.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Thirty-Fifth Round of Judicial Nominees and One New Nominee to Serve as U.S. Attorney |date=June 28, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/28/president-biden-names-thirty-fifth-round-of-judicial-nominees-and-one-new-nominee-to-serve-as-u-s-attorney/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}} {{PD-notice}}

Career

From 2006 to 2009, she was an associate with Dewey and LeBoeuf L.L.P. She also worked at a private law firm, where she specialized in trade law. From 2009 to 2012, she was the senior import administration officer for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. From 2012 to 2014, she was an assistant general counsel in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. From 2014 to 2016, she was a senior attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance in the U.S. Department of Commerce.

On July 13, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Wang to serve as the assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance at the Department of Commerce.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Announces 11 Key Nominations |date=July 13, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/13/president-biden-announces-11-key-nominations/ |access-date=June 28, 2023}} {{PD-notice}} She was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2021.{{cite web |title=PN1003 — Lisa W. Wang — Department of Commerce 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1003 |website=US Congress |date=December 16, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2023}} She was sworn in on January 6, 2022.{{Cite web |last= |title=Lisa Wang |url=https://www.trade.gov/biography/lisa-wang |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=www.trade.gov |language=en}} She also served as the Department of Commerce's delegate on the Interagency Working Group for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

= Trade court service =

On June 28, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Wang to serve as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade. On July 11, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Wang to the seat vacated by Judge Leo M. Gordon, who assumed senior status on March 22, 2019.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=July 11, 2023 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/07/11/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-113/}} On July 26, 2023, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=July 25, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/07/26/2023/nominations}} On September 14, 2023, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-09-14_-_ebm_-_results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 14, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=September 14, 2023}} On January 3, 2024, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2024 |title=PN814 — Lisa W. Wang — The Judiciary |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/814|access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=congress.gov}} and she was renominated on January 8, 2024.{{Cite press release |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |date=January 8, 2024 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/08/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-133/}} On January 18, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-18_-_ebm_-_results1.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=January 19, 2024}}{{Cite press release |title=Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate |date=January 18, 2024 |publisher=United States Senate Judiciary Committee |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/releases/senate-judiciary-committee-advances-twenty-judicial-nominations-one-executive-nomination-to-the-full-senate |access-date=January 18, 2024}} On February 1, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 53–43 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00031.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lisa W. Wang to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade)|website=United States Senate|date=February 1, 2024|access-date=February 1, 2024}} Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 53–42 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00033.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Lisa W. Wang, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade)|date=February 1, 2024|website=United States Senate|access-date=February 1, 2024}} She received her commission on February 7, 2024.{{FJC Bio|nid=13761481|inline=yes}}