Sen. Barbara Boxer Appoints Jack W. Lee to Judicial Nominations Commission
SAN FRANCISCO (May 8, 2008) - The law firm Minami Tamaki LLP today announced that U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has appointed firm partner Jack W. Lee to the Parsky Commission, an advisory group responsible for recommending nominations to fill vacancies in the four Federal district courts in California.
The Parsky Commission was established in 2001 and is comprised of four six-member subcommittees - one for each judicial district in the state. Sen. Boxer has named Lee to the Commission's Northern District Panel.
Each subcommittee has one member selected by Senator Boxer, one selected by Senator Feinstein and one jointly by both Senators. Gerald Parsky, President Bush's State Chair for judicial appointments, appoint the other three members.
"I am very pleased that Jack has agreed to take on this important responsibility of helping select highly-qualified, moderate judicial candidates for the federal bench," said Sen. Boxer. "I am confident that Jack will bring the experience of his long and diverse career to the process."
"I'm honored by Senator Boxer's confidence in my judgment and experience and applaud the Senator for reaching out to diverse communities, specifically the Asian Pacific American community and small firm lawyers, to include us in the vitally important process of selecting our future judges," said Lee.
Mr. Lee is a partner with the San Francisco law firm Minami Tamaki LLP, where he specializes in employment, consumer fraud, complex civil litigation, anti-trust law and civil rights law. Prior to that, Mr. Lee worked on complex class action civil rights cases with an Oakland law firm with a nationwide class action practice. Early in his career, Mr. Lee served as an attorney for the Asian Law Caucus, a private non-profit civil rights organization; the San Francisco Public Defenders Office; and, Regional Attorney for the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, where he worked on discrimination and desegregation issues in the school system.
The Parsky Commission was established in 2001 and is comprised of four six-member subcommittees - one for each judicial district in the state. Sen. Boxer has named Lee to the Commission's Northern District Panel.
Each subcommittee has one member selected by Senator Boxer, one selected by Senator Feinstein and one jointly by both Senators. Gerald Parsky, President Bush's State Chair for judicial appointments, appoint the other three members.
"I am very pleased that Jack has agreed to take on this important responsibility of helping select highly-qualified, moderate judicial candidates for the federal bench," said Sen. Boxer. "I am confident that Jack will bring the experience of his long and diverse career to the process."
"I'm honored by Senator Boxer's confidence in my judgment and experience and applaud the Senator for reaching out to diverse communities, specifically the Asian Pacific American community and small firm lawyers, to include us in the vitally important process of selecting our future judges," said Lee.
Mr. Lee is a partner with the San Francisco law firm Minami Tamaki LLP, where he specializes in employment, consumer fraud, complex civil litigation, anti-trust law and civil rights law. Prior to that, Mr. Lee worked on complex class action civil rights cases with an Oakland law firm with a nationwide class action practice. Early in his career, Mr. Lee served as an attorney for the Asian Law Caucus, a private non-profit civil rights organization; the San Francisco Public Defenders Office; and, Regional Attorney for the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, where he worked on discrimination and desegregation issues in the school system.