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Beth Freeman's Biography

Contact Information

Office

San Jose Courthouse
280 South 1st Street, Courtroom 3, 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113

Full Name:

Beth Labson Freeman

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1953

Birth Place:

Washington, DC

Home City:

Hillborough, CA

JD, School of Law, Harvard University, 1976-1979

BA, University of California-Berkeley, 1973-1976

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, 2014-present

Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, 2001-2014

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, February 25, 2014

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of California, June 20, 2013

Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, 2011-2012

Assistant Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, 2009-2010

Deputy County Counsel, San Mateo County Counsel's Office, 1983-2001

Attorney, Lasky, Haas, Cohler and Munter, 1981-1983

Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson, 1979-1981

Associate, Bredhoff and Kaiser, 1978

Law Clerk, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, 1977

Legislative Assistant, State Senator Arlen Gregorio, 1976

Member, Trial Court Fiscal Accountability, California Judicial Council Task Force, 2013-present

Trustee, Arnold Labson Trust, 2012-present

Member, California Judicial Council Trial Court Budge Working Group, 2011-present

Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Northern California Chapter, 2002-present

Member, Board of Governors, Association of Business Trail Lawyers, 2002-present

Member, California Judges Association, 2001-present

Member, National Association of Women Judges, 2001-present

Member, San Mateo County Bar Association, 1983-present

Director/Secretary/Board Development Committee Chair/President, Junior Statesman Foundation, 1982-present

Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, 1979-present

Member, League of Women Voters

Member, Peninsula Golf and Country Club

Judge, San Mateo County Mock Trial

Member, Sinai Memorial Chapel

Member, County of San Mateo Criminal Justice Workgroup, 2011-2012

Member, Executive Committee, Community Corrections Partnership, 2011-2012

Member, Executive Committee/Legislative Committee, California Judicial Trial Court Presiding Judges Advisory Committee, 2011-2012

Member, Civil Law Institute Workgroup, Center for Judicial Education and Research, 2011

Judge, Stanford University Law School Mock Trial, 2008

Member, California Judges Association, Legislative Committee, 2004-2007

Member, Union of Reform Judaism, Western Central Region, 2000-2002

Member/Juvenile Dependency Law Section Member, California County Counsel's Association, 1983-2001

Member, California State Bar, 1981-2001

Trustee/Congregation President, Peninsula Temple Beth El, 1997-2001

Member, University of California, Berkeley Alumni 25th Reunion Committee, 2000-2001

Member, California Council of School Attorneys, 1983-2000

Member, Pacific Athletic Club, 1992-1998

Director/Schools Committee Member, Harvard Club of San Fransisco, 1992-1996

Member, California Women Lawyers, 1988-1992

Member, Peninsula Jewish Community Center, 1987-1992

Member, American Bar Association, 1979-1986

Member, My Place Battered Women's Shelter, 1980

Awards:

County of San Mateo 30-Year Public Employee Service Award, 2013

San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, Judge of the Year, 2007

Peninsula Temple Beth El, Congregant of the Year, 2007

Junior Statesmen Foundation, Distinguished Leadership Awards, 1994

County of San Mateo 10-Year Public Service Award, 1993

University of California, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976

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