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While an [[Attorney at law|attorney]], he was a [[Charter|charter member]] of the Health Law committee of the [[Commercial law|Business Law]] section for the [[State Bar of California]], member of the California [[Bar association|Society]] of Healthcare Attorneys, on the [[Board of directors|boards]] of the California [[Medical association|Academy]] of [[General practitioner|Family Physicians]] [[Foundation (nonprofit organization)|Foundation]] and the Alameda County Bar Association, member of the [[Law Day, U.S.A.|Law Day]] committee and chair of the [[Health law|Medical-Legal]] committee for the Alameda County Bar Association, and a [[Mediation|mediator]] and [[Arbitration|arbitrator]] with the American Health [[Lawyers]] Association and the [[Mediation|Early Settlement Program]] of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He also lectured on developments in [[tort]] litigation and on health law issues for the [[University of California]]/State Bar of California [[Continuing Legal Education|Continuing Education of the Bar]], the [[University of California, San Francisco]] Center for the [[Health profession|Health Professions]]/[[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield Association]], and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, and has written on [[liability]] issues for [[anesthesiologist|anesthesiologists]].
While an [[Attorney at law|attorney]], he was a [[Charter|charter member]] of the Health Law committee of the [[Commercial law|Business Law]] section for the [[State Bar of California]], member of the California [[Bar association|Society]] of Healthcare Attorneys, on the [[Board of directors|boards]] of the California [[Medical association|Academy]] of [[General practitioner|Family Physicians]] [[Foundation (nonprofit organization)|Foundation]] and the Alameda County Bar Association, member of the [[Law Day, U.S.A.|Law Day]] committee and chair of the [[Health law|Medical-Legal]] committee for the Alameda County Bar Association, and a [[Mediation|mediator]] and [[Arbitration|arbitrator]] with the American Health [[Lawyers]] Association and the [[Mediation|Early Settlement Program]] of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He also lectured on developments in [[tort]] litigation and on health law issues for the [[University of California]]/State Bar of California [[Continuing Legal Education|Continuing Education of the Bar]], the [[University of California, San Francisco]] Center for the [[Health profession|Health Professions]]/[[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield Association]], and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, and has written on [[liability]] issues for [[anesthesiologist|anesthesiologists]].


He obtained his [[Juris Doctor|juris doctor]] degree from [[Santa Clara University School of Law]] in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], California in December 1979 where he was an associate editor of the Santa Clara [[Law review|Law Review]], and [[Law clerk|clerked]] for the [[U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California|U.S. Attorney's office, Criminal Division]], in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California. He obtained his [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's degree]] in [[Political science|political science]] from the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1977 where he was a [[United States Congress|Congressional]] [[intern|intern]] for [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Pete Stark|Pete Stark]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[California|CA]]) in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], chair of the campus [[mass media|Media Board]], and a member of the [[Chi Phi|Chi Phi]] [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].
He obtained his [[Juris Doctor|juris doctor]] degree from [[Santa Clara University School of Law]] in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], California in December 1979 where he was an associate editor of the Santa Clara [[Law review|Law Review]], and [[Law clerk|clerked]] for the [[U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California|U.S. Attorney's office, Criminal Division]], in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], California. He obtained his [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's degree]] in [[Political science|political science]] from the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1977 where he was a [[United States Congress|Congressional]] [[intern|intern]] for [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Pete Stark|Pete Stark]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[California|CA]]) in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], chair of the campus [[mass media|Media]] [[Publishing|Board]], and a member of the [[Chi Phi|Chi Phi]] [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].


Judge Gee is on the board of Alameda Youth [[Basketball]] in Alameda, California, and is a member of the [[Chinatown, Oakland, California|Wa Sung Community]] Service Club, the [[Chinatown, Oakland, California|Oakland Chinatown]] [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Oakland [[Culture of Asia|Asian Cultural]] Center, and the [[Chinese American Citizens Alliance|Chinese American Citizens Alliance]] in Oakland, California, the [[Angel Island, California|Angel Island]] [[Asian American Immigration History|Immigration]] Station Foundation, the 100 Club of Alameda County, the [[Alameda Education Foundation]], and the [[Asian-Pacific American|Asian Pacific Islander American]] Public Affairs Association, and is a life member of the [[University of California, Davis|Cal Aggie]] [[Alumni Association]].
Judge Gee is on the board of Alameda Youth [[Basketball]] in Alameda, California, and is a member of the [[Chinatown, Oakland, California|Wa Sung Community]] Service Club, the [[Chinatown, Oakland, California|Oakland Chinatown]] [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Oakland [[Culture of Asia|Asian Cultural]] Center, and the [[Chinese American Citizens Alliance|Chinese American Citizens Alliance]] in Oakland, California, the [[Angel Island, California|Angel Island]] [[Asian American Immigration History|Immigration]] Station Foundation, the 100 Club of Alameda County, the [[Alameda Education Foundation]], and the [[Asian-Pacific American|Asian Pacific Islander American]] Public Affairs Association, and is a life member of the [[University of California, Davis|Cal Aggie]] [[Alumni Association]].

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The Honorable Delbert C. Gee is a judge of the Superior Court of California in Alameda County (USA). He has been the supervising judge of the George E. McDonald Hall of Justice in Alameda, California and assigned to its criminal court and has presided over civil settlement conferences and case management matters in Alameda since 2006. He is on the Court's executive committee, and also serves on the Court's criminal, bench/bar, alternative dispute resolution, library, and court security committees. He was previously assigned to the criminal courts and presided over civil case management matters at the Wiley W. Manuel Hall of Justice in Oakland, California, and to the juvenile dependency and delinquency court at the Hayward Hall of Justice in Hayward, California. Judge Gee was appointed to the Superior Court by Governor Gray Davis and took the oath of office on November 1, 2002.

Judge Gee is a member of the California Judges Association, the California Asian Pacific American Judges Association, the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Judicial Council of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Alameda County Bar Association where he is co-chair of the East Bay Diversity Minority Bar Coalition. He is also an instructor with the Intensive Advocacy Program at the University of San Francisco School of Law and the Advocacy Skills Workshop at Stanford Law School. He was the trial judge in In re Bartholomew D. (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 317. He is also one of five Asian American Superior Court judges in Alameda County.

He began his legal career as a Deputy District Attorney for the County of Ventura in Ventura, California in 1980. He was an associate with Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers and Huber and with Bronson, Bronson and McKinnon in San Francisco, California from 1982 to 1989 before becoming a shareholder with Sturgeon, Keller, Phillips, Gee and O'Leary, PC in San Francisco, California in 1989. In 2000, he was a founding partner of the Pacific West Law Group, LLP in San Francisco, California. While in private practice, he specialized in health care law and in insurance coverage litigation, and was counsel of record in the following appellate opinions: Simon v. Value Behavioral Health, Inc. (9th Cir. 2000) 208 F.3d 1073; Williams v. California Physicians' Service (1999) 72 Cal. App.4th 722; Hartenstine v. Superior Court (1987) 196 Cal. App.3d 206; Anaya v. Superior Court (1984) 160 Cal. App.3d 228; Francois v. Raybestos-Manhattan Inc. (N.D.1983) 577 F.Supp. 434.

While an attorney, he was a charter member of the Health Law committee of the Business Law section for the State Bar of California, member of the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys, on the boards of the California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation and the Alameda County Bar Association, member of the Law Day committee and chair of the Medical-Legal committee for the Alameda County Bar Association, and a mediator and arbitrator with the American Health Lawyers Association and the Early Settlement Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He also lectured on developments in tort litigation and on health law issues for the University of California/State Bar of California Continuing Education of the Bar, the University of California, San Francisco Center for the Health Professions/Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California, and has written on liability issues for anesthesiologists.

He obtained his juris doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California in December 1979 where he was an associate editor of the Santa Clara Law Review, and clerked for the U.S. Attorney's office, Criminal Division, in San Jose, California. He obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Davis in 1977 where he was a Congressional intern for Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) in Washington, D.C., chair of the campus Media Board, and a member of the Chi Phi fraternity.

Judge Gee is on the board of Alameda Youth Basketball in Alameda, California, and is a member of the Wa Sung Community Service Club, the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance in Oakland, California, the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, the 100 Club of Alameda County, the Alameda Education Foundation, and the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association, and is a life member of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association.

He was previously on the boards of the Alameda Free Library Foundation and the Amelia Earhart Elementary School PTA in Alameda, California, and a member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California.

The son of Chinese immigrant parents who never had the opportunity to go to college, Judge Gee was born and raised in Alameda County and was a 1973 graduate of Livermore High School in Livermore, California. He is married and has two children.

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