Tony N. Leung

Tony N. Leung (born August 16, 1959) is a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. 

The Honorable

Tony N. Leung
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Assumed office
April 30, 2011
District Court Judge of the Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota
In office
1994–2011
Personal details
Born (1959-08-16) August 16, 1959
Hong Kong
EducationYale University (B.A.)
New York University School of Law (J.D.)

Leung is the first Asian Pacific American judge in Minnesota.[1] In 1994, he was appointed as a District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota by Minnesota Governor Arne H. Carlson.[2] He served in that capacity as a general jurisdiction trial judge until he was appointed to the federal bench in 2011, becoming the first Asian Pacific American to serve as a federal judge in Minnesota.[3]

Early life, education and career

Born in Hong Kong, Leung emigrated at age six with his family to the United States in 1966. He lived one year in Aurora, Illinois, learning to speak English before moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Minneapolis Public Schools and graduated as co-valedictorian and president of the student council in 1978 from West High School.[4] In 1982, he graduated with honors from Yale University, where he received a BA in political science, was co-captain of the Yale Tae Kwon-do Club, and studied at Beijing University in the summer of 1981. After receiving his JD from New York University School of Law in 1985, he returned to Minnesota to practice at Faegre & Benson (now Faegre, Baker Daniels), where he was an equity partner focusing on real estate and other business transactions until he joined the state bench.[5]

Leung will serve as the President of the Federal Bar Association Minnesota Chapter from 2019-2020. He was one of the co-founders of Minnesota's Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in 1990. He has served on the board of Twin Cities RISE! for 24 years, beginning in 1995, and as Chair of the Yale Alumni Schools Committee in Minneapolis since 1991.[6] He is or has been on the boards of Wishes & More, Northern Star Council, Boy Scouts of America, and Lakewood Cemetery Association. He has been a lecturer as part of the University of St. Thomas's Great Books Seminar for business and law students since 1998.

Federal judicial service

On April 30, 2011, Leung was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.[7] He was appointed to his first eight-year term by District Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, and appointed to a second eight-year term in 2019. His magistrate judgeship was newly created in 2011.  

References
  1. Ojeda-Zapata, Julio (July 29, 1994). "Leung views his judgeship as an opportunity to have a lasting impact on society". Pioneer Press.
  2. Shah, Allie (July 30, 1994). "To Judge Leung, sacrifices are part of new job". Star Tribune.
  3. Walsh, James (May 11, 2011). "Leung named to federal bench". Star Tribune.
  4. Flanagan, Barbara (August 1, 1994). "Flanagan Memo". Star Tribune.
  5. Lebedoff, David (1997). Cleaning Up. pp. 315–316.
  6. Goldser, Ronald S. (2019). No Small Coincidence: How Yale Alumni Made History in Minnesota.
  7. "Leung named to federal bench". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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