Candidate for
Superior Court Judge; County of San Francisco; Office 20

Elected Officials and Commissioners

Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
Former City Attorney Louise Renne
Former State Senator Carole Migden
Former Speaker pro Tem of the State Assembly Fiona Ma
Former Supervisor Bevan Dufty
Former Supervisor Leslie Katz, member of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Former San Francisco Supervisor John L. Molinari
Kat Anderson, member of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Tom Hseih, member of San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee
Police Commissioner Dr. Joseph Marshall*
Police Commissioner Angela Chan*
Police Commissioner Julius Turman*
Julie D. Soo, Immediate Past President of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

Organizations

The San Francisco Chronicle
Asian Pacific Democratic Club
Affordable Housing Alliance
San Francisco Women's Political Committee

Judges

Hon. Charlene Kiesselbach, San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Hon. Gail Dekreon, San Francisco Superior Court Judge
Hon. Leslie Landau, Contra Costa Superior Court Judge
Hon. Alison Tucher, Alameda Superior Court Judge
Hon. William Cahill, San Francisco Superior Court Judge (ret.)
Hon. Lee Baxter, San Francisco Superior Court Judge (ret.)
Hon. Ina Gyemant, San Francisco Superior Court Judge (ret.)
Hon. Donna Hitchens, San Francisco Superior Court Judge (ret.)
Hon. Donna Little, San Francisco Superior Court Judge (ret.)
Hon. Fern M. Smith, United States District Court of Northern California Judge (ret.)
Hon. Karen Clopton, Chief Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission*
Hon. Gary Weatherford, Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission*
Hon. Anne Torkington, Administrative Law Judge (ret.)
Hon. Elizabeth Tippin, former Administrative Law Judge, California Office of Administrative Hearings* and President of the Mediation Society (2004-2005)

Legal Community

Drucilla Stender Ramey, Former Executive Director of the San Francisco Bar Association
Patricia Sturdevant, Assistant Chief Counsel Department of Managed Healthcare and Past President of the California Women Lawyers (2010-2012)
Susan Bluer, Former Chair of BALIF Judiciary Committee
Emi Uyehara, Past President of the San Francisco Women Lawyers Alliance
Sidney Hollar, Past President of the San Francisco Womens Lawyers Alliance
James Finburg, Past President of the Bar Association of San Francisco
James M. Seff, Past President of the Bar Association of San Francisco (1992)
Doug Young, Past President of the Bar Association of San Francisco (2001)
Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Past President of the Bar Association of San Francisco (1985)
Jeffrey Bleich, former United States Ambassador to Australia and President of the Bar Association of San Francisco (2003)
George Hisert, President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Owen Clements, Past of the President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
William I. Edlund, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Charles Ehrlich, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
James T. Fousekis, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
David Kapnick, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (2008-2009)
Dick Odgers, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and former President, Legal Aid Society + Employment Law Center
Rod Thompson, Past President of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Ruth V. Glick, Chair of the Dispute Resolution ABA*
R. Stephen Goldstein, First President of the Mediation Society (1998-1999)
Robert J. Shepherd, Past President of The Mediation Society (2012-2013)
Martin Quinn, President of The Mediation Society (2011-2012)
Patricia Prince, Past President of the Mediation Society (2010-2011)
Richard J. Stratton, President of The Mediation Society (2002-2003)
Paul Dubow, President of The Mediation Society (2001-2002)
Thomas W. Cain, Founder and President of the Congress of Neutrals
Sergio Garcia, first undocumented lawyer in the nation
Judith Bloomberg, immigration attorney
Georgetta Beck, owner of Miller Hauser Law Group, LLP

Community, Civic and Religious Leaders

Rabbi Martin Weiner, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Sherith Israel
Rabbi Allen Bennett, Temple Israel (ret.)
Rabbi Stephen Pearce, Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu-El
Dick Grosboll, community activist
Former Lieutenant in SFPD and Secretary of San Francisco Police Commission Joseph Reilly (ret.)
Vlad V. Shuster, Director, San Francisco Dental Society
Fred Blum, Past President of the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Jewish Congress
(*for identification purposes only)