Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Los Angeles Attorney Dolly Gee for U.S. District Court

Washington, D.C. – U. S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised the Senate Judiciary Committee for approving the nomination of Los Angeles attorney Dolly Gee to the Central District of California. President Obama nominated Ms. Gee in August after Senator Boxer recommended her nomination following a thorough interview and vetting process by her judicial advisory committee for the Central District.

Senator Boxer said, “I am pleased that the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved Dolly Gee’s nomination to serve as a district court judge for the Central District of California. The committee’s approval reaffirms my view that Ms. Gee would make an excellent addition to the federal bench. Her personal story and record of fighting for justice for those who have faced discrimination make her well-suited for this important position.”

The Judiciary Committee also approved the nominations of three other U.S. district court judges in California, including Magistrate Judges Edward Chen and Richard Seeborg for the Northern District, and Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Nguyen for the Central District.

The nominations of Ms. Gee and Judges Chen, Seeborg and Nguyen now go to the full Senate for consideration.

Ms. Gee graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA in 1981. In 1984, she received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Ms. Gee clerked for Hon. Milton L. Schwartz, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of California, from 1984 to 1986.

Ms. Gee specializes in state and federal court litigation, administrative hearings, and arbitrations. Ms. Gee has extensive experience conducting independent workplace investigations of alleged employee misconduct, including race discrimination and sexual harassment. She also conducts training seminars on sexual harassment and other employment laws.

In 1994, Ms. Gee was appointed by President Clinton to serve for a five-year term on the Federal Service Impasses Panel ("FSIP") in Washington, D.C. As an FSIP member, she mediated and arbitrated numerous disputes and participated in hundreds of summary dispositions of impasses between federal agencies and federal sector labor unions.

Ms. Gee is a former Trustee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She is a past president of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and a founder and advisory board member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County. She also has served as a board member of the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the California Women's Law Center, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California.

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