Pauline W. Gee

Background

Gee, Pauline W. was born on June 2, 1949 in Marysville, California, United States. Daughter of Sun Mee and Gim Ong (Yee) Gee.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1971;

Juris Doctor, University of California, San Francsico, 1976.

Career

Staff attorney, Legal Aid Society Clameda County, Oakland, California, 1977-1980;

managing attorney, Legal Aid Society Clameda County, Oakland, California, 1980-1982;

district attorney, California Rural Legal Assistance, Marysville, 1982-1988;

regional counsel, California Rural Legal Assistance, Marysville, 1988-1996;

director litigation, advocacy and training, California Rural Legal Assistance, Marysville, since 1996. Adjunct professional Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, since 1989. Trainer, lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Pauline W. Gee has been listed as a noteworthy Public defender by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Victim Witness Assistance Program of Sutter County, 1987-1988. Group faculitator Yuba Sutter Partnership in Youth Success, 1990-1992. Co-founder Alameda Cunty Coalition Against Domestic Violence, since 1978, chair, 1979-1980.

Board directors, treasurer Young Women’s Christian Association, Oakland, 1978-1979. Volunteer trainer/consultant to battered women's shelters, Oakland, 1976-1982, Chico, California, 1982, Yuba City, since 1982. Member legislation committee California Coalition Against Domestic Violence, since 1978.

Member East District Judg. Advisory Committee to Senator Barbara Boxer, 1993-1995. Member American Bar Association (standing commission on legal assistants since 1996), League of Women Voters, California State Bar(liaison Executive Committee conference delegations, member ADR task force, legal services committee, courts and legislation committee, legal committee 1991-1993, pro per task force 1993-1994, budget review committee 1993-1994, chair legal technical task force 1992-1993, vice chair courts and legislation 1993-1994, vice chair board commission on legalsvcs.

1992-1993, chair 1993-1994, women and law committee 1990, delegate chair conference 1992-1993, 95-96, private involvement committee 1987-1990, chair 1990, Executive Committee conference delegations 1989-1991, Board of Governors 1991-1994, vice president 1994), Yuba Sutter Bar Association (Executive Committee since 1995, president 1987, organizer, chair women's committee 1983-1986), California Organisation Small Bars (chair conference delegations resolution committee, chair fast track survey, president 1990-1992, board directors 1988-1991), National Women and Law Association (Board of Governors, vice chair 1983-1990), California Women Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, public interest committee chair, judicial evaluations com.1984-1986, Fay Stender award 1991), Asian American Bar Association Sacramento, California Women in Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Disting.Svc. award 1992), National Center for Women and Family Law (board directors 1982-1989, 95-96), California State Bar Foundation (Board of Governors, Executive Committee since 1991), San Francisco Women's Alliance, California Judicial Council (gender bias committee 1987), Yuba Sutter Women's Professional Network, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, camping, rockhounding.

Connections

Father:

Sun Mee Gee

Mother:

Gim Ong (Yee) Gee