This Endorsements Committee makes recommendations to the SABA-NC Board for endorsements of judicial, prosecutorial, public defender and other appropriate positions, as well as on issues affecting the legal community and the South Asian community. The Endorsements Committee also nominates SABA members for industry and legal awards and leadership positions within the legal community. 

Recent Endorsements

Mano Raju - San Francisco Public Defender

Veronica Riddick, Alameda County Superior Court

Sajid Khan, Santa Clara Public Defender

Terry Wiley, Alameda County District Attorney

Judge Upinder Kalra, CA Court of Appeal Second Appellate District

Neel Chatterjee – U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CA

Preeti Bajwa, Alameda County Superior Court

Palvir Shoker Contra Costa County Superior Court

Kulvindar "Rani" Singh - Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 21

Michelle Tong - San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 18

Pang Ly - San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Seat 1

Curtis Karnow- San Francisco Superior Court

Paul Henderson - San Francisco Superior Court

Jennifer Madden - Alameda Superior Court

Sadhana Narayan - San Mateo Superior Court

Sheila Lichtblau - Marin Superior Court

Sunil Kulkarni - Santa Clara Superior Court

Kulvindar "Rani" Kaur Singh (Mann) - San Francisco Superior Court

Victor Hwang - San Francisco Superior Court

Barbara Parker - Oakland City Attorney

Xochitl Carrion - California Law Review Commission

Vince Chhabria - Northern District of California

Jon Streeter - Northern District of California

Bijal Vakil - VP for Communications, NAPABA

Michael Leon Guerrero - California Superior Court

Michael Fletcher - California Superior Court

Goodwin Liu - California Supreme Court