Washington, D.C. – U. S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today praised President Obama’s nomination of Los Angeles attorney Dolly Gee for a federal judgeship on California’s Central District Court.  Boxer recommended Gee’s nomination to the White House following a thorough interview and vetting process by her judicial advisory committee for the Central District.
 
Senator Boxer said, “I am so proud that the President has nominated Dolly Gee to serve on the Central District Court of California.  I have long believed Ms. Gee would make an excellent addition to the federal bench.  Her personal story and record of fighting for justice for those who have been discriminated against make her well-suited for this important position.”
 
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 1984-1986.
 
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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