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POSTPONED--Legal Aid of Marin and MCBA Pro Bono Recognition Reception

Please Help Honor Pro Bono Volunteers

SPEAKERS
Judge Edward M. Chen | United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Judge Andrew Sweet | Presiding Judge, Marin County Superior Court

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Please attend this festive evening reception to honor our community's outstanding pro bono legal providers of the past year. We will award the State Bar of California's Wiley W. Manuel Award for 50 or more hours of pro bono service. And we will honor the many volunteers for Legal Aid of Marin and for MCBA's Lawyers in the Library who have donated numerous hours to counsel members of the community in need.

Remarks by Hon. Edward Chen, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Presentations by Judge Andrew Sweet, Presiding Judge of the Marin Superior Court.
Acknowledgments by Stephanie Haffner, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Marin and
Robert Rosborough, Officer, Marin County Bar Association.

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Date and Location

Thursday | April 02, 2020
5:30-7:30P

Osher Marin JCC
200 N San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94903

Speaker Information

Judge Edward M. Chen

United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Judge Chen was nominated by Barack Obama on August 6, 2009 and renominated on January 20, 2010, September 13, 2010, and January 5, 2011, to a seat vacated by Martin J. Jenkins. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 10, 2011, and received commission on May 12, 2011.

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2001-2011

Education:
University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1975
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1979

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Charles B. Renfrew, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1979-1980
Attorney, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, California, 1980-1981
Law clerk, Hon. James R. Browning, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1981-1982
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1982-1985
Staff attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, 1985-2001

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Judge Andrew Sweet

Presiding Judge, Marin County Superior Court