News Articles and Editorials on APAs in the Judiciary (contin.)
2010
Obama Nominates Judge Lucy H. Koh to Northern District Bench (Jan. 22, 2010) (NAPABA) [Click Here]
Judge Young B. Kim Selected As U.S. Magistrate Judge for Northern District of Illinois (Jan. 21, 2010) (NAPABA) [Click Here]
Obama Re-Nominates Judge Edward Chen to Northern District Bench (Jan. 20, 2010) (FairJudges.net) [Click Here]
Professor Donna Ryu Selected As U.S. Magistrate Judge (Jan. 13, 2010)(N.D. Cal.) [Click Here]
2009
Senate Confirms Dolly Gee to Central District Bench (Dec. 25, 2009) (Los Angeles Times) [Click Here]
Senate Confirms Judge Jacqueline Nguyen to Central District Bench (Dec. 1, 2009) (NAPABA) [Click Here]
AABA Judicial Mentorship Program (Oct. 26, 2009) [Click Here]
Obama Nominates Judge Denny Chin to Second Circuit Court of Appeals (Oct. 6, 2009) [Click Here]
AABA Celebrates Appointments of Andrew Y.S. Cheng and Samuel Feng to San Francisco Superior Court (September 3, 2009) [Click Here]
President Obama Nominates Edward M. Chen to be First Asian American Judge for U.S. District Court, Northern California (August 7, 2009) [Click Here]
President Obama Nominates Dolly Gee to Central District of California (August 7, 2009) [Click Here]
Senate Confirms Judge Sonia Sotomayor, 68-31, to the U.S. Supreme Court (August 6, 2009) [Click Here]
Community Mourns Loss of Judge Robert M. Takasugi, First Japanese American Appointed to Federal Bench (August 5, 2009) [Click Here]
NAPABA and AAJC Applaud Nomination of Judge Jacqueline Nguyen as Federal District Court Judge for the Central District of California. [Click Here]
Democrats bracing to reshape California federal judiciary (San Jose Mercury News, www.mercurynews.com) (March 2009) [Click Here]
An Indefensible Lack of Diversity on U.S. District Court, by AABA President Celia Lee and Judge Ken Kawaichi (San Francisco Chronicle, www.sfgate.com) (Feb. 2009) [Click Here]
Obama Is Being Pressured to Diversify S.F. Bench, by Rebecca Beyer and Craig Anderson (Copyright 2009 Daily Journal Corp. Reprinted and posted with permission) (Jan. 2009) [Click Here]
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AABA Member and SF Court Commissioner Bruce Chan Appointed as Judge to San Francisco County Superior Court (Jan. 2009) [Click Here]
2008
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Judges Hold Court for AABA (Nov. 2008) (from Nichi Bei Times) [Click Here]
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AABA Member Dennis Hayashi Elected to Alameda County Superior Court (Nov. 2008) [Click Here]
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AABA Member Stuart Hing Appointed to Alameda County Superior Court (July 2008). See AABA's October 2008 Newsletter for an article about and photos from Judge Hing's swearing-in ceremony. [Click Here]
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Kiyo Ann Matsumoto Confirmed to Federal Bench, Eastern District of New York (July 2008) (www.pacificcitizen.org) [Click Here]
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Governor Schwarzenegger appoints Jacqueline M. Arroyo to Santa Clara County Superior Court (May 2008) [Click Here]
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Asian American Lawyers Associations (New York and New Jersey) Applaud Efforts to Remove Bias and Promote Diversity in the Judiciary (AABANY and APALA/NJ Press Release, March 2008) [Click Here]
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AABA Member Lucy H. Koh Appointed to Santa Clara County Superior Court (Jan. 2008) [Click Here]. See also AABA's February 2008 Newsletter for an article about Judge Koh's swearing-in ceremony, and the November 2007 Newsletter, for a profile of Judge Koh.
2007
2006
2005
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Governor appoints Justice Carol Corrigan to California Supreme Court (December 2005)
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Judge Kathleen Akao (Santa Cruz County) Passes Away (Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 2005)
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AABA Honors Asian Pacific American Judges: Appointments of Judges Elizabeth Lee and Garrett Wong(October 2005)
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AAJC (NAPALC) Opposes Nomination of Justice John Roberts to U.S. Supreme Court (September 2005)
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President Bush states that diversity on Supreme Court is desirable. (CNN.com, from AP, September 2005)
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AABA Views The Appointment of Garrett L. Wong to San Francisco County Superior Court as Good First Step to Diversification of Bench
(September 2005)
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Governor appoints diverse group of judges: Garrett Wong Appointed To SF Superior Court(SFGate.com, September 2005)
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Governor appoints Eugene Balonon to Sacramento Superior Court (Sacramento Bee, September 2005)
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Justice Rehnquist Passes Away (CNN, September 2005)
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As Supreme Court Justice Replacement Talks Take Place, Where Are the AAs? (Pacific Citizen, July 2005) (from www.IMDiversity.com)
Asian Americans Applaud Appointment of New Judge, Elizabeth Lee (SF Examiner, July 2005)
Bush Nominates Conservative Judge for U.S. Supreme Court (Yahoo! News (AFP), July 2005)
Governor Schwarzenegger Appoints Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Lee to San Mateo County Superior Court (Governor's Office Press Release, July 2005)
It's Not Politics As Usual with Governor's Judicial Picks (Yahoo! News, July 2005)
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor retires from Supreme Court after 24 years (Yahoo News, July 2005)
NAPABA press release on retirement of Justice O'Connor (July 2005)
Chinese Americans Call for a Moderate, Not Conservative, Supreme Court Justice (NCMOnline, July 2005)
Judiciary picks show Governor's philosophy (San Diego Union Tribune, June 2005)
Governor appoints Lawrence Cho and Roger Ito to Los Angeles Superior Court along with four others (June 2005)
La Raza Lawyers of California, Spring 2005 Newsletter (discussing lack of Latino judicial appointments during Governor Schwarzenegger's tenure)
Search for New California Supreme Court Justice Begins (Sacramento Bee, June 2005)
U.S. Senators Reach Compromise on Filibusters (CNN.com May 2005)
No push for a partisan judiciary: Party loyalty not a major factor for Schwarzenegger (San Francisco Chronicle, May 2005)
South Asian lawyer, Sanjay T. Kumar, appointed to bench in Los Angeles County(April 2005)
Laura Masunaga appointed to bench in Siskiyou County (N. Valley Business Journal, April 2005)
Judging Schwarzenegger - op-ed by Jeff Adachi and Kathy Asada (March 2005)
Asian Lawyers Say Judge Picks Ignore City's Diversity (The Recorder, March 3, 2005) (subscription required)
Governor Criticized Over Judicial Picks: AABA and Other Groups Decry Governor’s Failure to Appoint Asian Americans to San Francisco Bench (San Francisco Chronicle, March 2005)
Sacramento Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye Confirmed for California Court of Appeal Seat (Metropolitan News Enterprise, January 2005)
Seeking APA Judges - by Julie Soo (January 2005)
2004
2003 and earlier
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