Barbara Boxer: “having recommended Anthony W. Ishii to President Clinton to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District in…”

“having recommended Anthony W. Ishii to President Clinton to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District in California, I am gratified to see his nomination come before the full Senate today, and I urge my colleagues to vote to confirm him. Anthony Ishii, a third generation Californian, will be the first Asian-American to serve on the Eastern District federal bench. He has had a long and distinguished legal career. Currently, he serves as a Municipal Court Judge for the Central Valley Municipal Court in Fresno, California. For ten years prior to his service on the Municipal Court bench, he served as a Justice Court Judge for the Parlier-Selma Judicial District in Fresno County. He was initially appointed to the Justice Court position by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, and has since stood for election three time. He won his first reelection and has been unopposed in each of the two subsequent ones. Judge Ishii received his Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall, the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. Early in his career, he was a Deputy City Attorney in Sacramento and a Deputy Public Defender for the County of Fresno. Prior to his service on the bench, he was an attorney in private practice. He has extensive trial experience, handling over 70 jury trials before becoming a judge. For years, Judge Ishii has been involved in numerous professional activities.…”