Background
Zazueta, Fernando R. was born on May 30, 1940 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Zazueta, Fernando R. was born on May 30, 1940 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
San Jose State University (Bachelor of Science, 1962). University of California School of Law at Davis (Juris Doctor, Phi Delta Phi. Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Zazueta Law Office (San Jose, California) specializing in Personal Injury Law, Tort, Business Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, California. Author: "Attorneys Guide to the Use of Court Interpreters with an English and Spanish Glossary of Criminal Law Terms," 8 University of California at Davis Law Review 471, 1975.
California State President and National Vice President, Louisiana Raza National Lawyers Association, 1978-1980.
Legal Advisor, Consulate of Mexico in San Jose, 1978. Judge Pro Tempore, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 1987.
Incorporating Officer and Chairman, Mexican Heritage Corporation, 1988.
State Bar Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, 1980,1981. State Bar Public Affairs Committee, 1980. Chairman, Advisory Committee Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Foundation, Santa Clara County Leadership Training Program, 1985.
Member, Resolutions Committee of the State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1986, 1987 and 1989.
Incorporating Officer and Chairman, Mexican Heritage Corporation, 1988-1989. Member: Santa Clara County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1980) and American (Member, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1979-1984) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California. Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association.
California Trial Lawyers Association.