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General Membership Meeting (virtual)

A Conversation with Justice Carin Fujisaki on Diversity Equity and Inclusion and A Career in the Judiciary

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Justice Carin T. Fujisaki | 1st District Court of Appeal
Ahtossa Fullerton | Wasacz, Hilley & Fullerton LLP

The MCBA Program Committee along with the Marin County Woman Lawyers (MCWL) invites you to attend a virtual presentation with Justice Carin T. Fujisaki, 1st District Court of Appeal in conversation with Ahtossa Fullerton, MCBA President, to be held on Thursday, March 30 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Note: This will be a Zoom Meeting and your video/picture will appear onscreen in a small box.

Appellate Justice Carin Fujisaki worked at the State Supreme Court for nearly 30 years. Fujisaki worked on the court's Civil Central Staff, in the chambers of now retired Justice Marvin R. Baxter, and as principal attorney to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. She always loved research and writing and said working within the court system was an "opportunity for me to fulfill my sense of public service with the strongest skills I had." Outside the courtroom, Fujisaki plays an active role in judicial administration, serving as an advisory member of the Judicial Council, as vice chair of a working group on how the courts can help address the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on homelessness in the state, and as a member of a group charged with addressing bias in court proceedings.

We will discuss Justice Fujisaki's personal trajectory to the bench, eliminating bias in courtroom proceedings, in judicial nominations, and in the community at large.

1.0 CLE will be provided towards Recognition and Elimination of Bias Credits.

***This presentation will not be recorded.***

We look forward to seeing you virtually!

MCBA Program Committee:
Alex Vahdat (Chair), Scott Buell, Morgan Daly, Ahtossa Fullerton, Nestor Schnasse and Mee Mee Wong

MCBA IS AN APPROVED PROVIDER AND CERTIFIES THAT THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR MINIMUM CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT BY THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.0 HOUR TOWARDS RECOGNITION AND ELIMINATION OF BIAS CLE CREDIT.

This activity is approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California. MCBA is a certified provider: Provider #411.

People with disabilities and/or special requests should contact MCBA regarding reasonable accommodations.

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1.0 CLE | Bias

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Denise Belli | Email
Mee Mee Wong | Email

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Date and Location

Thursday | March 30, 2023
12:00-1:00P

Zoom Webinar

Speaker Information

Justice Carin T. Fujisaki

1st District Court of Appeal

Justice Fujisaki was appointed to the First Appellate District in October 2018 by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. She serves as an Associate Justice in Division Three.

Before joining the First District, Justice Fujisaki spent 28 years at the California Supreme Court. From 2015 to 2018, she served as Principal Attorney to California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye. In that capacity, Justice Fujisaki provided advice and counsel to the Chief Justice in her administration of the judicial branch, and advised the court as a whole in the exercise of its rule-making authority, oversight of the State Bar of California, and powers of appointment. Previously Justice Fujisaki was a long-time judicial staff attorney for Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvin R. Baxter, and before that she worked several years as a litigation associate with the San Francisco law firm of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk.

Justice Fujisaki has served the judicial branch and the public in various capacities. Among other things, she is currently a member of the Judicial Council of California and chair of the council's Rules Committee. Governor Brown previously appointed her to the Advisory Panel for the California Civil Liberties Public Education Grant Program, and prior to that Governor Gray Davis nominated her as the first Asian American member of the Board of Directors of UC Hastings College of the Law. During her 12-year term as a UC Hastings Director, including a term as chair and multiple years on the board's executive committee, she exercised oversight of the college's finances, educational policies, institutional advancement, and executive leadership. Justice Fujisaki also served on the State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation and has been active throughout her career in programs fostering mentorship of law students and attorneys.

Justice Fujisaki received her B.A. from UCLA, where she graduated magna cum laude and competed as a coxswain on the UCLA varsity women’s rowing team for four years. She earned her J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law and served as an associate editor on the Hastings Law Journal.

Justice Fujisaki and her husband have two adult children.

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Ahtossa Fullerton

Wasacz, Hilley & Fullerton LLP

Ahtossa is a juvenile dependency attorney with Wasacz, Hilley and Fullerton LLP. Dependency is poverty law and can involve a number of legal practice areas, such as immigration and criminal law, as well as a working knowledge of substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health issues. She has been practicing dependency in San Francisco since 2005. In 2010, she began contracting to represent dependent minors in Marin County as court appointed counsel. Before practicing dependency, she was in the Menlo Park office of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, practicing corporate and securities law during the dot-com boom.

Ahtossa matriculated from Santa Clara University School of Law and SC Leavey School of Business with a JD and MBA. She is the current 2023 MCBA President and serves on the board of the Marin County Women Lawyers. Ahtossa is also active with California Women Lawyers and is the Co-Chair of the Iranian American Bar Association Foundation.

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