On the 14th of February, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Todd Sunhwae Kim to serve at the Court of Appeals of the District of Washington. The president had this to say on his decision:
“Todd Sunhwae Kim has proven himself to be not only a first-rate legal mind but a faithful public servant. It is with full confidence in his ability, integrity, and independence that I nominate him to serve on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.”
Kim is the Solicitor General of the District of Columbia, ever since its inception in 2006. He is in charge of overlooking appellate litigation for the District of Columbia government in the D.C. Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Kim started his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Judith Rogers of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He received a degree and magna cum laude at Harvard College in 1994, and Harvard Law School three years later. Before his nomination to the court of appeals, Kim has been serving as an appellate attorney with the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.
