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即將競選連任紐約郡民事法庭法官的陳翠芳法官 (Dorothy Chin-Brandt) 在紐約市土生土長，曾在當時的紐約市長林賽（John V. Lindsay）辦公室工作。1974年她進入哈佛大學，一年後便獲得了法律碩士。她曾在多所大學任教，包括布碌崙法學院、波士頓法學院、紐約大學、曼哈坦社區學院等，並曾任哈佛大學法學院任助理系主任（Assistant Dean）。b%,=
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陳翠芳表示，20年前她成為首位亞裔女法官時，當時參政的亞裔並不多，反觀20年之後的今天，她很高興看到紐約市越來越多亞裔官員。她說，華人應該融入美國主流社會，鞏固華人在美的地位，參政是一個好機會之外，作為美國公民，也應該珍惜手上的選票，「每一張選票都會發揮其作用」。mn
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The first APA woman judge in New York state is re-electedK
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For Judge Dorothy Chin-Brandt, justice runs in the family. In 1939, her grandmother, Gun Lou Chin, became the first Chinese American to serve on a jury in Queens, New York. "She was my role model," Chin said. "Even in a time when there was a lot of prejudice, she did her civic duty."
Today, Chin-Brandt is herself a role model, the first Asian American woman judge in New York state. She presides over the same court in which her grandmother once served. After running unopposed with the support of all parties, Chin-Brandt was just re-elected to her second 10-year term in Queens Criminal Court.
Born and raised in New York, not far from the court where she now sits, Chin-Brandt continues to credit her family ties as the foundation for her success. ?[C
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"I was taught by my physician father and my mother, a registered nurse, to always seek to climb higher and never forget that I owed an obligation to all people in need no matter what their background," she said.k>o0>4
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After graduating from the University of Chicago, Chin-Brandt taught elementary school on the South Side of Chicago for a year. She then returned to New York in 1967 to work on Sen. Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign. Starting as a volunteer handing out fliers on the street, she quickly rose through the ranks, eventually landing a job as assistant to the campaign manager.jd0904
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"I had great secretarial skills, and that was because my pragmatic Chinese mother made me take typing," she recalled. Typing briefs and other legal documents for the campaign gave Chin-Brandt her first taste of what would become her future profession.>R
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Following the campaign, she joined the staff of former New York City Mayor John Lindsay as a member of the mayor's urban action task force. In that position she worked at solving local community problems.co'XO
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"Mostly they were simple programs, like sending young people to summer camps and providing spray caps for fire hydrants in the summer," she explained. "But it was a chance to be responsive to the needs of the community,.'k(h
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Two years later, Chin-Brandt decided to become a lawyer and entered Brooklyn Law School. She graduated in the top 15 percent of her class. She went on to earn a master's degree in law from Harvard, where she began a career in academia as assistant dean of graduate legal studies. She has also worked for major law firms including Shearman and Sterling, as well as in private practice.YL$-
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In 1987, Chin-Brandt was elected to the New York City Civil Court, becoming the first elected Asian American public official in New York state. At the time, there were only two other Asian American jurists in the state; currently, there are eight.u:>!|
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Chin-Brandt says the victory "was a signal to all Asian Americans that all branches of the court system were now open to all of us."Tn
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In Queens Criminal Court, Chin-Brandt presides over a variety of cases, many of which are related to drugs. "The most heartwrenching cases are usually the drug cases," she said.[nb8^
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She recalled a recent case in which a young man stole money from his family to pay for drugs. After failing a drug treatment program several times, she finally had to send him to jail; a decision which she said she agonized over.>7EIvS
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"It's really tough," Chin-Brandt said. "With a rapist or a murderer, you have a clear victim. But with a drug user, he's hurting himself more than anyone else. But at least in jail he will be forced to quit his addiction.")Jf5
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But the system does work to help people, she noted. And from that she takes inspiration.;
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"When they do well, it really makes you feel good," she said. "There was a woman who came before me who had failed her drug program several times, but finally managed to complete it and really got her life together. The last time I saw her, she looked like a totally different person, someone who had something to give to society. When you get one of those, it makes up for all the others."uMXy
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She is currently co-chair of the New York City Criminal Court Anti-Bias Committee. One of her concerns is that when Asian Americans, especially young people, pass through the criminal justice system, they not be stereotyped by prosecutors--something she said she sometimes sees.7b>
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"There's a stereotype of Asian youth gangs," she said. "Just because a youth happens to be Asian doesn't mean he is a member of a gang. Although there is a real Asian youth gang problem, each case has to still be evaluated individually.",M
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Chin-Brandt also makes time to work with many APA community organizations. She currently serves as director of the Asian American Federation and as a member of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Organization of Chinese Americans, and the Organization of Chinese American Women..G
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She has also served as commissioner on the original New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities, which is responsible for researching and recommending improvements to the court system in order to alleviate the perception of bias in the courts. The commission recently studied Asian Americans who enter the legal profession and found that Asian Americans tend to not practice litigation.Ew|
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"I think we need more Asian American lawyers," Chin-Brandt said. "Their numbers are increasing, but we need them in all different aspects of the field, including litigation.!/$ :
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"Sometimes it's because of a language problem," she explained. "Also, in China and Japan, litigation is not the method that you follow. You do mediation or try to build a consensus. There's a cultural hesitancy to go into court. But nowadays, our society is so litigious, that everyone goes to court for any reason. So we need to go into litigation, too."y~
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【本報記者朱文漢紐約報導】不久前宣布即將競選連任紐約郡（曼哈坦區）民事法庭法官（New York County Civil Court Judge）的現任皇后區刑事法庭法官陳翠芳（Dorothy Chin Brandt），17日前往紐約中華公所尋求支持，獲得社區熱烈歡迎。M?H]Q
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20年前參選成為紐約郡民事法庭首位華裔女法官的陳翠芳，在第一任期時被調到皇后區刑事法庭擔任法官。10年前，她成功連任，此次任期即將在今年屆滿。這是陳翠芳第三次競選同一職位。fr}A.s
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目前陳翠芳已獲得了曼哈坦民主黨部支持，她昨日在會見曼哈坦華埠社區僑團代表時強調，她競選連任，主要是希望能繼續為民服務。p
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在紐約市土生土長的陳翠芳，曾在當時的紐約市長林賽（John V. Lindsay）辦公室工作。1974年她進入哈佛大學，一年後便獲得了法律碩士。她曾在多所大學任教，包括布碌崙法學院、波士頓法學院、紐約大學、曼哈坦社區學院等，並曾任哈佛大學法學院任助理系主任（Assistant Dean）。1`O2w<
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陳翠芳表示，20年前她成為首位亞裔女法官時，當時參政的亞裔並不多，反觀20年之後的今天，她很高興看到紐約市越來越多亞裔官員。她說，華人應該融入美國主流社會，鞏固華人在美的地位，參政是一個好機會之外，作為美國公民，也應該珍惜手上的選票，「每一張選票都會發揮其作用」。XF@@_t
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紐約中華公所主席伍銳賢表示，陳翠芳是在美亞裔獲得成功的最佳例子，也是所有華裔家庭的榜樣，說明了只要勤奮努力、篤信好學，一定能有成功的一天，他呼籲華人大力支持陳翠芳。mD
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這次被委任為「陳翠芳亞裔社區競選委員會」主席的李瑞生強調，陳翠芳在當選過去20年來，不但是民事法官，也是刑事法官，擁有豐富經驗，最近五年更被選為首席法官，她的功績有目共睹，希望華裔社區能給予她支持。D8
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昨日與陳翠芳會面的社區僑團代表包括與陳翠芳同姓的紐約至孝篤親公所元老陳羨棠、主席陳樹榮、華裔選民聯盟理事長劉彼得、前中華公所主席陳玉駒、第二社區委員馬士珍、美華協會紐約分會會長鄭向元，以及布碌崙華人協會代表沈懷之等。cnP
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