Background
Chang, Peter Asha was born on February 1, 1937 in Honolulu. Son of Peter Asha and Helen (Lee) Chang.
Chang, Peter Asha was born on February 1, 1937 in Honolulu. Son of Peter Asha and Helen (Lee) Chang.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, 1961). Walter Haas Scholar.
Working as a partner of PETER A. CHANG, JR. PETER A. CHANG, JR., bom Honolulu, Hawaii, February 1, 1937. Admitted to bar, 1962, California. United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California.
1964, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States. District Court, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California.
1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit: 1990, Hawaii.
Education: Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, 1961).
Walter Haas Scholar. Recipient: California District Attorneys Association Prosecutor of the Year Award, 1972.
National District Attorney Association Distinguished Achievement Award, 1973. Lecturer: University of California at Los Angeles Law School, 1971-1975.
Stanford University Law School, 1973. California District Attorney’s Association Advance Trial Advo- 1976.
Instructor: Hastings College of Trial Advocacy, 1977.
"Minds on Trial," Homicide Seminars, Stanford University and San Francisco, 1979. "Cross Examination of Defense Psychiatrists," National District Attorneys Association, Dallas, 1974. Faculty Member, National Criminal Defense College, Macon, Georgia, since 1990.
District Attorney, Santa Cruz County, 1967-1975.
Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1962, California. United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. 1964, United States. Supreme Court.
1981, United States. District Court, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California.
1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit: 1990, Hawaii.
Bar Association of San Francisco. Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member.
CoChairman, Committee for Delivery of Service to the Indigent Defendants, 1990). California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Patron).
Santa Cruz County Defense Bar (Governor, since 1988).
Married Maybelle Ching, September 3, 1955 (divorced August 1982). Children: Catherine, Peter III, Christopher.