{ "id": "ep7xky4947", "slug": "jasmine-h-yoon", "title": "Jasmine H. 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Yoon\n\nJasmine Hyejung Yoon (born 1980)[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia since 2024.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) She was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden and confirmed in March 2024, taking office that July.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) She is the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia and the first person of color on that court.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Court | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) |\n| Appointed by | Joseph R. Biden[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) |\n| Confirmed | March 12, 2024, by a vote of 55 to 41[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) • [3](https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS1180438) |\n| Born | 1980 in Ulsan, South Korea[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) |\n| Education | B.A., University of Virginia, 2003; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2006[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) |\n\n## Early life and education\n\nYoon was born in 1980 in Ulsan, South Korea.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) She moved to the United States from South Korea at the age of 14.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/) She earned a B.A. from the [University of Virginia](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-virginia) in 2003 and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546)\n\n## Legal career\n\nYoon began her career in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 2006 to 2009.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) She then clerked for Judge James C. Cacheris of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from 2009 to 2010.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546)\n\nFrom 2010 to 2016, Yoon served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, where she prosecuted financial-crime and public-corruption cases.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) • [2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/) She later held counsel roles at the University of Virginia and served as an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2019 to 2022.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) • [2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/) In the University of Virginia's Office of the University Counsel, she was associate university counsel from 2019 to 2021 and interim university counsel from 2021 to 2022.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) From 2022 to 2024, she was vice president of corporate integrity, ethics, and investigations at Capital One Financial Corporation in [Richmond, Virginia](https://www.edgepedia.org/richmond-virginia).[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546)\n\n## Federal judicial service\n\nPresident Joseph R. Biden nominated Yoon to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2024.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) The Senate confirmed her on March 12, 2024, by a vote of 55 to 41.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) • [3](https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS1180438) She received her commission on July 8, 2024.[1](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) Upon taking office that July, she became the first Asian American federal judge in Virginia and the first person of color on the Western District of Virginia bench.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/)\n\n## Notable cases\n\nOn July 10, 2026, Yoon declined to dismiss a private-nuisance suit against Amazon's data-center construction site in Louisa County, denying Amazon's motion to dismiss and allowing the case to proceed.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/) The suit was brought by Louisa homeowner Austin Newsom and his business, Central VA Marine, over disruption from construction of Amazon's Northeast Creek Technology Campus adjacent to his property; the Lake Anna Tech Campus is a separate, second Amazon data center project in the county.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/) The ruling keeps alive one of the first U.S. nuisance suits brought directly against a hyperscaler's data-center construction, a case likely to be watched as a precedent for how communities near AI-driven infrastructure builds can challenge disruption in court.[2](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Federal Judicial Center Biographical Directory: Jasmine Hyejung Yoon](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546)\n2. [Jasmine Yoon | Data Centres: Boom and Backlash](https://lowdown.today/e/jasmine-yoon/)\n3. 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