Who appointed Jennifer Choe Groves?

President Barack Obama appointed Jennifer Choe Groves to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2016.

Was Jennifer Choe Groves appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jennifer Choe Groves was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Jennifer Choe Groves's confirmation vote?

Jennifer Choe Groves was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 2016. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

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Jennifer Choe Groves

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016 and confirmed by voice vote, Jennifer Choe Groves is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. She earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1969 · age 57
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2016
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Princeton 1991 · Rutgers Law -- Newark 1994
Succeeded: Gregory Wright Carman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2016	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Gregory Wright Carman	Obama (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Princeton University	A.B.	1991
Rutgers School of Law -- Newark	J.D.	1994
Columbia Law School	LL.M.	1998

Judicial Record

In our data, Groves authored 34 published opinions for the court (2020–2023). Most cited: NEXTEEL Co. v. United States (5 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2023	NEXTEEL Co. v. United States	633 F. Supp. 3d 1190	5
2023	Meihua Grp. Int'l Trading (Hong Kong) Ltd. v. United States	633 F. Supp. 3d 1203	4
2023	PT. Zinus Glob. Indonesia v. United States	628 F. Supp. 3d 1252	4
2020	NEXTEEL Co. v. United States	475 F. Supp. 3d 1378	4
2020	NEXTEEL Co. v. United States	450 F. Supp. 3d 1333	4
2023	In Re Section 301 Cases	628 F. Supp. 3d 1235	3
2020	Bioparques de Occidente, S.A. de C v. v. United States	470 F. Supp. 3d 1366	3
2020	GODACO Seafood Joint Stock Co. v. United States	435 F. Supp. 3d 1342	3
2023	KG Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd. v. United States	648 F. Supp. 3d 1353	2
2023	SeAH Steel Corp. v. United States	619 F. Supp. 3d 1309	2
2023	Hyundai Steel Co. v. United States	615 F. Supp. 3d 1351	2
2023	Nucor Tubular Prods. Inc. v. United States	619 F. Supp. 3d 1279	2
2020	Nucor Corp. v. United States	461 F. Supp. 3d 1374	2
2020	Wirtgen Am., Inc. v. United States	447 F. Supp. 3d 1359	2
2020	Janssen Ortho LLC v. United States	425 F. Supp. 3d 1352	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 34 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Jennifer Choe Groves?: President Barack Obama appointed Jennifer Choe Groves to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2016.
Was Jennifer Choe Groves appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jennifer Choe Groves was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jennifer Choe Groves's confirmation vote?: Jennifer Choe Groves was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 2016. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jennifer Choe Groves on?: Jennifer Choe Groves is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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10 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).