Marilyn D. Go was the first Asian American woman to become a judge in a federal court when appointed United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York in 1993.  Retiring after 25 years, Judge Go then served as AABANY's representative to the APA Voice Redistricting Task Force until appointed Commissioner to the New York City Districting Commission.  A member of the Justice and Civic Engagement Committee of Harvard Radcliffe ClassAct '73, she has centered efforts this year to promoting voting, including writing articles about battleground states in the ClassAct newsletter.   

Judge Go was a founder of the Asian American Law Students Association at Harvard Law School, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), and the National Asian Pacific American Judicial Council.  Her work with AABANY before becoming a judge included testifying in redistricting hearings and lobbying for extension of Section 203 the Voting Rights Act regarding minority language assistance.  

After graduating from Harvard Law School, she clerked for the Honorable William M. Marutani, then the only Asian American judge on the East Coast.  She served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office (E.D.N.Y.) until 1982, then joined Baden Kramer Huffman Brodsky & Go, P.C. until her appointment to the bench.  She is a Fellow of the New York State Bar Foundation. She also was a member and Vice Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary. 

She was admitted to the bars of the New York and Hawaii, but has retired from the practice of law.