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Judicial Experience:
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Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, 1994
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Presided, Narcotics Eviction Part in New York County, 1985 to 1987
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Judge, New York City Housing Court, Appointed, 1976 to 1985
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Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Elected, 1990
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Judge, New Yor City Civil Court, New York County, Elected, 1988
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Other Professional Experience:
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Law Clerk, Civil Court of the City of New York, 1975 to 1976
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Practicioner, Private law firms, 1975
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Biographical Data:
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Born in Canton, China; fluent in Cantonese; only Asian to win the New York City Golden Gloves Boxing Championship (1966); avid collector, restorer and student of Asian art and antiquities; enjoys tennis and painting
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Professional Civic Activities/Honors/Awards:
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Trailblazer Award, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2004
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Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 1993
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Asian American For Equality Leadership Award, 1991
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Several awards, New York County Lawyers Association, the Asian American Bar
Association of New York, and Brooklyn Law School
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