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Elizabeth Lee

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Superior Court of San Mateo County

Tenure

Present officeholder

Education

Elizabeth Lee is a judge for the Superior Court of San Mateo County in California. She has served on the court since 2005.[1][2]

2012 election

Lee ran for re-election to the superior court in 2012. As an unopposed incumbent, her name did not appear on the ballot. After the primary election, Lee was automatically re-elected.[3]

See also: California judicial elections, 2012

Education

Lee received her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley and her J.D. from Columbia University Law School.[2]

Career

Lee was appointed to the court in July 2005 and elected to a full term in 2006. During her tenure on the court, she has served as a judge for the East Palo Youth Court from 2010 to 2011.[2]

Prior to her appointment, Lee served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California from 1991 to 2005. During that time, she also was the Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime Strike Force from 1998 to 2005. Lee began her legal career as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Anti-Trust Division. After two years, she became an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. She served in that position from 1985 until 1988, when she went into private practice with the firm of Marron, Reid & Sheehy in San Francisco.[2]

Awards

  • Special Achievement Award, San Mateo Chapter of the Organization of Chinese, 2011 Americans
  • Partners for Justice Award for Legal Impact, Asian Pacific Legal Islander Outreach, 2005
  • Executive Director's Award for Superior Performance, 1999[2]

Professional associations

  • Member, National Association of Women's Judges
  • Member, Judicial Council's Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee
  • Member, California Society of Columbia Law School Mentorship Program
  • Member, Organization of Chinese Americans, San Mateo Chapter
  • Member, San Mateo County's Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care, 2011
  • Member, San Mateo County's Domestic Violence Council, 2006-2007
  • Member, San Mateo County's Domestic Violence and Firearms Prevention Task Force, 2006-2007[2]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ California Courts, "Trial Courts Roster," accessed November 11, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Information submitted to Judgepedia via biographical submission form on November 15, 2011]]
  3. ↑ San Mateo County, June Primary Election Roster of Candidates