Candidate for
Supervisor; County of San Francisco; District 1

Employment

• Mediator, arbitrator, Advanced Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
• Judge, San Francisco Superior Court.
• Trustee (elected), Governing Board of San Francisco Community College.
• Commissioner (appointed), San Francisco Civil Service Commission.
• Commissioner (appointed), San Francisco Human Rights Commission.
• Attorney, San Francisco Public Defenders Office + pro bono.
• Solo Practitioner, Law Office of Lillian K. Sing, San Francisco.
• Associate, Simmons, Ungar & Pohlmann Law Offices, San Francisco.
• Instructor/Counselor, English Language Center, San Francisco.
• Associate Director, Chinese Newcomers Service Center, San Francisco.
• Social Worker, Big Brothers, San Francisco.
• Education and Credentials

• Instructor Life Credential, California Community Colleges.
• Counselor Life Credential, California Community Colleges.
• M.S.W., Social Work, Columbia University, New York.
• B.S., Psychology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA.
• Legal Activities

• Lecturer in China on the US Legal System and Judicial Process.
• Faculty Judge, National Judicial College, lecturer in Russia on Judicial Reform.
• Legal INCITE, "Gender and Ethnicity in the Courts.".
• Lecturer in Cuba on International Society for the Law, Havana University, Cuba.
• Moderator, "Beyond Racial Preference" National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law, Harvard Law School.
• Speaker, "Opportunities and Blocks to Success for minorities in the legal profession," Harvard Law School.
• Lecturer on the U.S. Legal System and Judicial Process, Shanghai High People's Court, the Beijing People's Supreme Court, and Chinese Senior Trial Judges' College.
• Honors and Awards

• Asian American Achievement Award OCA San Mateo Chapter.
• Asian Pacific Leadership Award, University of San Francisco Center for Pacific Rim.
• NAAAP & APILO Scholarship named in honor of Judge Lillian Sing.
• Role Model Award, Chinatown Community Children Center.
• Women Who Could Be President Award, League of Women Voters.
• Civil Rights 2001 Award, Organization of Chinese Americans, San Francisco Chapter.
• Profile of Excellence Award, American Broadcasting Communications.
• Living Treasure Award, Asian Pacific Democratic Club.
• "Women of Highest Achievement," Award, Jordan Winery.
• Outstanding Jurist Award, S. F. Women Lawyers Alliance.
• Alumni Seal Award, Occidental College.
• Justice Award, Alice B. Toklas Club, San Francisco.
• Presiding Judge Award, Lawyers' Club of San Francisco.
• Trial Judge of the Year Award, S.F. Trial Lawyers Association.
• Honoree, First Asian American Woman Judge in Northern California, Asian American Bar Association.
• Women Making History Award, Congresswoman Barbara Boxer.
• Outstanding Contribution Award, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women.

• Founding Member, Chinese for Affirmative Action.
• Founding Member, Wah Mei Bilingual School.
• Founding Member, Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition.
• Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Task Force on University Admissions.
• State Chair, California Asian American Judges Association.
• Associate Justice with the late Justice Stanley Mosk in Soviet Union v. Anatoly Scharansky, Court of International Tribunal.
• Coordinator, Access to Justice Forum, first public judicial forum in San Francisco, second in the State of California.
• Co-Chair, Mediation Advisory Committee and Superior Court ADR Committee.