The Honorable Wesley Hsu

Judge Wesley L. Hsu is judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. President Joseph R. Biden announced his intent to nominate Judge Hsu on December 21, 2022, and the United States Senate confirmed Judge Hsu on May 3, 2023. Judge Hsu took his oath of office on May 19, 2023. Prior to his confirmation, Judge Hsu served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge from 2017-23, presiding over civil, criminal and family law calendars. From 2021-22, he also served as the Assistant Site Judge for the El Monte Courthouse. Before being appointed to the state court, Judge Hsu served as the Deputy United States Attorney (“DUSA”) for the Central District of California, supervising the Civil, Criminal, National Security, and Tax Divisions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Los Angeles. Before becoming the DUSA, Judge Hsu served as the Executive Assistant United States Attorney (“EAUSA”), advising the United States Attorney on all matters related to the administration and operation of the Office. Judge Hsu also served as Chief of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section for more than seven years. Under Judge Hsu’s leadership, the section handled the investigation of the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment by North Korean agents and led the nation in prosecuting crimes against women involving the Internet, including prosecuting a previously uncharged crime: “sextortion.” Judge Hsu secured a number of “first of its kind” convictions, including the first conviction in the nation for hacking an industrial control system, the first conviction by jury trial for hacking in the Central District of California, and the first conviction in the nation under the CAN-SPAM Act. Judge Hsu has taught cyber and intellectual property crimes and trial advocacy at Loyola Law School and legal writing at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. He was a law clerk for the Honorable Mariana R. Pfaelzer and attended both Yale College and Yale Law School.