No political experience information on file.

Member, Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias

Member, Judicial Council Appellate Advisory Committee

Chair, California Commission for Impartial Courts, 2007-2020

Chair, Court Technology Advisory Committee, 2002-2020

Chair, Science and the Law Steering Committee, Judicial Council of California, 2005-2007

Member, San Francisco District Attorney's Commission on Hate Crimes, 1990-1992

Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, 1996-2020

Presiding Judge, First District, Division Three, California Court of Appeals, 1994-1996

Associate Justice, First District, Division Three, California Court of Appeals, 1990-1994

Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco, 1989-1993

Judge, Alameda County Superior Court, 1988-1990

Partner, Aiken, Kramer, and Cummings Incorporated, 1976-1988

Associate, Aiken, Kramer, and Cummings Incorporated, 1973-1976

Deputy District Attorney, Alameda County, California, 1970-1972

Captain, United States Army Reserves, 1969-1971

Captain, United States Army, 1967-1969

Member, Board of Directors, Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts, 2000-present

Member, Judicial Council of California, 1993-present

Member, California Judges Association, 1988-present

Member, Alpha Sigma Nu

Member, Asian American Bar Association

Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association

Member, Commonwealth Club of California

Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, University of San Francisco, 1988-1998

President, Commonwealth Club of California, 1997-1998

Member, Executive Committee, University of San Francisco, 1986-1988, 1993-1998

Member, Board of Trustees University of San Francisco, 1985-1997

Delegate, Delegate,Referee/Member, State Bar of California, 1983-1986, 1978-1979, 1993-1994

Vice President/Member, Alameda County Bar Association, 1983-1988

Member, Board of Directors, First District Agricultural Association, 1985-1988

President, Alameda County Bar Association, 1987

Delgate, State Bar of California, 1983-1986

Member, Alumni Board of Governors, University of San Francisco, 1978-1984

President, University of San Francisco Alumni Association, 1983-1984

Awards:

A distinguished service award, University of San Francisco Alumni Association, 1985
Alumnus of the Year, University of San Francisco, 1988
Alumnus of the Year, University of San Francisco Law School, 1993
Saint Thomas More Award, University of San Fransisco Law School , 1996
Outstanding Judge of the Year, Southern Alameda County Bar Association, 1989
Learned Hand Award, San Francisco Bay Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, 1997

Publications:

Employment Litigation, 2014
Forensic DNA Evidence: Science and the Law, 2014