Anne Hwang

Education

Hwang received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 2002.

Career

Hwang started her legal career, working as a litigation associate at Irell & Manella LLP in Century City from 2002 to 2006. From 2006 to 2018, she served as a deputy federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California.

Federal judicial service

On April 28, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hwang to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Hwang to the seat vacated by Judge George H. Wu, who assumed senior status on November 3, 2023. On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On July 11, 2024, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote. On November 20, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–48 vote. On December 2, 2024, her nomination was confirmed by a 48–43 vote. She received her judicial commission on December 6, 2024.

On June 26, 2026, Hwang declared a mistrial in Jonathan Rinderknecht's federal arson trial related to the January 2025 Palisades fire.