Brown Bag Lunch with Judge Eunice Lee

APABA Silicon Valley’s Judiciary Committee hosts a brown bag with Judge Eunice Lee on Friday, November 13, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:15 PM in Department 1 of the Downtown Superior Court Civil Division at 191 North First Street in San Jose. Lunch is provided. The conversation covers her path to the bench and practical questions for students and practicing attorneys. Capacity sits around 25. Registration links move through APABA’s calendar and LinkedIn posts; email apabasv@gmail.com if you cannot find the live form. Do not plan a walk-up once the list fills.

APABA Silicon Valley is the Asian Pacific American bar for the South Bay. Judge Lee was appointed to Santa Clara County Superior Court in June 2025 and sworn in that July after a decade as a Santa Clara County deputy district attorney and earlier civil litigation work at Minami Tamaki. APABA already celebrated her appointment with a joint bar reception in September 2025. This lunch puts that bench path inside the courthouse itself—useful for people who want appointment and clerkship talk, not a holiday mixer.

Lawyers, law students, and clerks aiming at a judicial or public-service track in Santa Clara County should prioritize this over a generic networking lunch. If your week is already booked for NAPABA corridors in Los Angeles or a FiDi fundraising dinner, stay on those tracks; this room answers different questions. Arrive with one specific ask about how she moved from firm to DA to the bench.

Downtown San Jose courthouse security means ID and metal detectors before noon. Leave a buffer. Save whatever confirmation APABA sends, and re-check the department number the morning of the lunch.