Judge Kenneth Kiyul Lee grew up in Koreatown Los Angeles during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and witnessed first-hand, the importance of the Rooftop Koreans and the Second Amendment. He received his Bachelor’s Degree at Cornell University in 1997 and went to Harvard Law School in 2000. He is the first Korean born judge to serve on the 9th Circuit Court. He was appointed by President Donald Trump on November 13, 2018, and confirmed by the US Senate on May 15, 2019.