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.
No caucus 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