--- title: "Jasmine Hyejung Yoon | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jasmine-hyejung-yoon" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jasmine Hyejung Yoon U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia - State: Virginia - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2019-2022 - Office of the University Counsel, University of Virginia, 2019-2022; associate university counsel, 2019-2021; interim university counsel, 2021-2022 - 2010–2016: Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, in the White Collar Crimes and Public Corruption Unit - Law clerk, Hon. James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2009-2010 - 2006–2009: Associate at Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., in the White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement group - U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, with the court’s office in Charlottesville, VA - She became the first Asian American judge on the Western District of Virginia’s bench ### Education ### Additional information - On February 1, 2024, President Biden nominated Yoon to replace Judge Michael F. Urbanski, who assumed senior status on July 4, 2024. - Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: February 8, 2024. - Judicial commission: July 8, 2024. - Committee report: March 7, 2024, by a 14–7 vote. - Senate confirmation: March 12, 2024, by a 55–41 vote. - Vice president, corporate integrity, ethics, and investigations, Capital One Financial Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, 2022-2024 - She is married to Christopher R. Kavanaugh, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (2021–2024). - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2006-2009 - Born in 1980 in Ulsan, South Korea, Yoon earned her B.A. in 2003 and J.D. in 2006 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Jefferson Scholar. - Her appointment was widely noted for its historical significance in the state’s judicial history. - She came to the U.S. at age 14 and became fluent in English through dedicated study and immersion. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Yoon, Jasmine Hyejung](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761546) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jasmine-hyejung-yoon", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jasmine-hyejung-yoon", "name": "Jasmine Hyejung Yoon | KnowJudges", "description": "Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.