[citation needed] She graduated from the ʻIolani School and earned a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, from Georgetown University, where she majored in the Russian language.

Otake received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 1998[1] and was selected for the Order of Barristers.

[2] After graduating from law school, Otake clerked for Associate Justice Simeon R. Acoba Jr. of the Hawaii Supreme Court.

Otake then spent nine years as a supervisor and as an assistant United States attorney for the Western District of Washington.

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated Otake unanimously "Well Qualified.