Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Fil-Am appointed as California superior court judge


CALIFORNIA – A Filipino-American was among the 19 judges appointed to the superior court by California Governor Jerry Brown.

Fil-Am judge Julian Recana served as a district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for 16 years.

He obtained his economics degree from UC Berkeley and Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School.

Recana is a lifetime member of the Philippine-American Bar Association and was awarded the 2015 Prosecutor of the Year by the National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association.

This appointment is a father-and-son success for Recana’s father, judge Mel Recana, who was also appointed by governor Brown 34 years ago and he became the first Fil-Am judge in the country.

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source: www.abs-cbnnews.com