APABA Silicon Valley proudly recognizes the appointment of Hanley Chew to serve as a Judge in the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Chew was most recently Senior Director, Investigations and Litigation, at Fortinet, Inc., and prior thereto was Of Counsel at Fenwick & West LLP. He was Vice President at Stroz Friedberg from 2015 to 2016 and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, from 2005 to 2015. Judge Chew also was Senior Litigation Associate at Jones Day Reavis & Pogue from 2004 to 2005 and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, from 2002 to 2004. He was an associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from 1998 to 1999 and at LeBouef Lamb Greene & MacRae LLP from 1995 to 1996. Judge Chew earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mark H. Pierce.

Co-Presidents Deanna Kwong and Jen Murakami state, “We are incredibly proud of Judge Hanley Chew in light of all that he has achieved and the role model that he has been for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. From his modest roots as the child of immigrants growing up in a housing project in New York City's Chinatown, he graduated from two of America's top academic institutions--Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Judge Chew's dedication to the AAPI community and interest in the law started in high school when he began volunteering for the Asian American Legal Defense Fund (AALDEF). His history of service to the AAPI community continued throughout many years of volunteering for Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), including serving on AACI's board from 2010-2018. APABA Silicon Valley is proud that Judge Chew has been a longtime member of our organization, and we are grateful for his years of service on a number of committees for our organization."

Please click here to view the official press release from the Office of the Governor, Gavin Newsom.

Deanna Kwong and Jennifer Murakami
APABA Silicon Valley 2021 Co-Presidents