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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