Background
Gaines, Cherie Adelaide was born on May 17, 1935 in Queens, New York, United States. Daughter of Charles Oscar and Billie (Robinson) Gaines.
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Cherie Adelaide Gaines
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Cherie Adelaide Gaines, American lawyer. Bar: California 1963, New York 1981. Recipient Commendation plaque, Alameda Affirmative Action Committee, 1971, Alameda County Human Relations Commission, 1973, Association Real Property Brokers, 1975. Member of New York State Bar, California State Bar (commission of professional competence 1973-1976, medical malpractice commission 1972), Charles Houston Law Club (vice president 1979).
Education
Bachelor, Barnard College, 1956. Juris Doctor, University Pennsylvania, 1960.
Career
Associate professor law Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1970—1971. City attorney Berkeley, 1971. Assistant professor law University San Francisco Law School, 1971—1973.
Assistant regional attorney Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, San Francisco, 1973—1979. Regional attorney New York City, 1979—1981. Deputy general counsel New York City Housing Authority, 1981—1988.
Executive director Bedford Stuyvesant Community Legal Services, Brooklyn, 1988—2001, Center Jewish-Christian-Muslim Understanding Inc., Irvington, since 2002. Law practitioner San Francisco, 1963—1965. Chief attorney Alameda County Legal Aid Society, Oakland, 1965—1970.
Assistant to assistant regional administrator Housing and Urban Development, San Francisco, 1970. Founder Phoenix Elementary School, Berkeley, 1969. Representative World Assembly Youth, United Nations Commission Status Women, 1955.
Board directors, treasurer, chairman management committee Consumers Cooperative, Berkeley, 1972—1976. Board directors American Civil Liberties Union Berkeley-Albany Chapter, Berkeley, 1968, San Francisco Regional Council, Berkeley, 1978.
Achievements
Membership
Member of New York State Bar, California State Bar (commission of professional competence 1973-1976, medical malpractice commission 1972), Charles Houston Law Club (vice president 1979).
Connections
Married Eugene Merwyn Swann Gaines, April 15, 1960 (divorced October 1978). Children: Liana Jane, Eugene Michael, Elliott Mark.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Recipient Commendation plaque, Alameda Affirmative Action Committee, 1971, Alameda County Human Relations Commission, 1973, Association Real Property Brokers, 1975.Recipient Commendation plaque, Alameda Affirmative Action Committee, 1971, Alameda County Human Relations Commission, 1973, Association Real Property Brokers, 1975.