Lillian Lim

Lillian Y. Lim is a former San Diego Superior Court of California judge who retired in 2007. She was the first Filipina judge in the United States.[1]

Lim was appointed a municipal court judge by Gov. George Deukmejian in 1986 and became a Superior Court judge in 1998.[2] She previously worked as a deputy attorney general for the state Department of Justice for nine years, part of which she spent working in the Medi-Cal fraud unit.

Lim received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Brown University in Rhode Island and her Juris Doctorate degree from the San Diego campus of Western State University College of Law,[3] now named the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.[4]

See also

List of Asian American jurists

References

  1. ↑ Silverio, Simeon G. (August 17, 2007), "Judging Judge Lillian Lim: Trailblazing "First Filipino American" judge hangs judicial robe", The New York Times
  2. ↑ "Superior Court judge retires after 22 years", SignOnSanDiego.com (The Union Tribune), August 2, 2007
  3. ↑ California State Bar membership records accessed March 8, 2011
  4. ↑ "Judges Corner", Foothills Bar Association Newsletter, February 2002, page 3


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