Harold Hongju Koh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Harold Hongju Koh
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Dec 8, 1954(1954-12-08)
Age	70
Birthplace	Boston
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Harold Hongju Koh Biography

Harold Hongju Koh is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on December 8, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. A lawyer who was appointed by President Lawyer who was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Legal Adviser of the Department of State. as the Legal Adviser of Department of State.

He worked with He has worked with secretary of state Hilary Rodham Clinton. , secretary of state.

They grew up under Japanese colonial rule, forbidden to speak Korean or even to use their Korean names. When their country was divided after World War II, my mother and her family were trapped in North Korea. In desperation, they hiked for days to the border to be picked up and were brought back to Seoul. But even there, they lived under dictatorship. For less than a year in the 1960s, (South) Korea enjoyed democracy. My father joined the diplomatic corps. But one day, tanks rolled and a coup d’etat toppled the government, leaving us to grow up in America.

Koh graduated in 1971 from the Hopkins School in New Haven; graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1975 with a degree in Government, before studying at Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1980.

Mary-Christy Fisher had two children.

Harold Hongju Koh Net Worth

Harold Hongju Koh is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Harold Hongju Koh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1980, he graduated from Harvard Law School.

In January 2013, he was appointed Yale Law School Professor.

Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He served as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009. He departed as the State Department’s legal adviser in January 2013, and returned to Yale University as a law professor, being named a Sterling Professor of International Law.

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In 1992–93, he led a group of Yale students and human rights lawyers in litigation against the United States government to free Haitian refugees interned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As chronicled in Brandt Goldstein’s book, Storming the Court (Scribner 2005), Koh and the plaintiffs prevailed in the case, Haitian Centers Council v. Sale, and the Haitians were released in the spring of 1993. At the same time, Koh and his team of law students argued a related case Sale v. Haitian Centers Council (1993) before the U.S. Supreme Court but the court ruled against them on an 8-1 vote.

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Harold Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Harold Hongju Koh celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.

On March 23, 2009, the White House announced Koh’s nomination as Legal Adviser to the State Department in the Obama administration, the senior legal adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. His nomination was generally supported in the Senate and among legal colleagues. The nomination drew criticism from some conservative commentators for his views on international law and its use in American legal analysis and jurisprudence, while drawing support from other conservatives such as Ted Olson and Kenneth Starr as well as Forbes magazine.

Top Facts about Harold Hongju Koh

1. Harold Hongju Koh is an American lawyer and legal scholar.
2. He served as the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State from 2009-2013.
3. Koh was a professor at Yale Law School for over 30 years.
4. He has argued before the Supreme Court multiple times.
5. Koh is known for his work in international law and human rights.
6. He authored several books on these topics, including “The National Security Constitution.”
7. Koh received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from Harvard Law School.
8. He clerked for Justice Harry Blackmun on the Supreme Court in 1976-77.
9. Koh has won numerous awards for his contributions to the legal field.
10. He currently serves as a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.