Wesley Liu Hsu at a glance
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Wesley Liu Hsu
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 2000-2017; deputy chief, 2005-2008, and chief, 2008-2015, Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section; executive assistant U.S. attorney, 2015-2017; deputy assistant U.S. attorney, 2017
- Professional Career: Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1998-2000
- Professional Career: Legal writing instructor, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2006-2007
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, Loyola Law School, 2004, 2014-2022
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1997-1998
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Mariana R. Pfaelzer, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1996-1997
Judicial service
- Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2017-present
- Professional Career: Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 2017-2023
Education
- Yale University · Ethics, Politics, and Economics, 1993
- Yale Law School · J.D., 1996
- Yale University · B.A., 1993
Personal record
Born 1971 · St. Louis
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
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.
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 ↗
Recording and broadcasting
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.
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 ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked August 16, 2026
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Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Courtwide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Courtwide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗