Dolly M. Gee
| Dolly Maizie Gee | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California | |
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Assumed office January 4, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | George P. Schiavelli |
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| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) Hawthorne, California |
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University of California, Los Angeles B.A. University of California, Los Angeles School of Law J.D. |
Dolly Maizie Gee (born 1959) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Gee was born in Hawthorne, California, the daughter of Cantonese immigrants from rural China. Gee's father was a World War II veteran who later worked as an aerospace engineer on projects like the space shuttle and the Apollo missions, while her mother was a garment worker. Gee earned a Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1984. From 1984 until 1986, Gee served as a law clerk for Judge Milton Schwartz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
In 1986, Gee joined the Los Angeles law firm of Schwartz, Steinsapir, Dohrmann & Sommers LLP. She served as an associate from 1986 until 1990, and became a partner in 1990. From 1994 until 1999, Gee also served as a member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a federal labor relations authority.
On May 27, 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Gee to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California to replace Judge John G. Davies. However, with Republicans in control of the United States Senate, Gee's nomination languished, despite her meeting with Clinton on May 24, 2000. Gee never received a hearing before the Republican-controlled United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and her nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his presidency. President George W. Bush later successfully nominated John F. Walter to the seat to which Gee had been nominated.
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