1978

1975

J.D.
University of Arizona College of Law

B.A. in Education
Arizona State University

2005 - present

2000 - 2005

1991 - 2000

1986 - 1991

Chief Presiding Judge
Phoenix Municipal Court

Assistant Presiding Judge
Phoenix Municipal Court

Judge, Phoenix Municipal Court

Judge, Scottsdale City Court

• Chair, Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Education and Training
• Chair, Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Minorities
• Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology
• Arizona Supreme Court Publications Committee
• Arizona Supreme Court New Judge Orientation Program
• Arizona Judicial College
• Board of Directors, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education (chairs Law-Related Education committee)
• Board Member, State Bar of Arizona Leadership Institute
• Arizona Minority Judges’ Caucus

• 1999 - Arizona Bar Foundation’s Attorney Law-Related Education Award
• 2000 - Listed as one of the “100 Outstanding Women and Minorities” with Maricopa County Bar Association and the Arizona State Bar
• Recognized in the Women Law Students’ Association of Arizona State University College of Law “Arizona’s Pioneering Women in Law”
• Recognized as the first Asian woman judge in the State of Arizona
• First woman and minority to be named as the city’s chief judge