Holly
J.
Fujie
Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5085
fax (213) 630-5722
email hfujie@buchalter.com
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Los Angeles, California
Shareholder
phone (213) 891-5085
fax (213) 630-5722
email hfujie@buchalter.com
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Biography
Holly J. Fujie is former President of the State Bar of California and a Shareholder in the firm’s Insurance Industry and Litigation Practice Groups in Los Angeles where she focuses her practice on complex litigation, with an emphasis on insurance and surety industry related litigation.
Ms. Fujie was sworn in as the 84th President of the State Bar of California by Chief Justice Ronald George on September 27, 2008. Prior to being elected President of the State Bar, Ms. Fujie served for two years as a Governor of the State Bar representing Los Angeles County and one year as Vice President of the State Bar.
She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, sits on the Boards of Directors of Bet Tzedek, a legal services corporation, the Federal Bar Association, The California Bar Foundation and the Boalt Hall Alumni Association, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles.
Ms. Fujie is a frequent speaker on issues of insurance coverage and diversity in the legal profession. She has been involved in organizations devoted to diversity issues throughout her career. She was a member of the Editorial Board of Title IX, a publication of the ABA Committee on Diversity in the Profession, is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Committee on Diversity in the Profession, and spoke at the 2003 California Minority Attorneys Conference in San Diego, among many public appearances.
Ms. Fujie served as Deputy General Counsel to the Los Angeles Police Commission’s Rampart Independent Review Panel. She has served as a Judge Pro Tem to the Los Angeles Superior Court and has spoken on a number of panels on various law and judicial related topics. Since 1992, Ms. Fujie has advised the White House and California’s U.S. Senators on federal judicial appointments. She has served for a three year term as an Attorney Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference on the nomination of the judges of the Central District of California.
Ms. Fujie received her A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975 with a double major in Political Science (Highest Honors) and Economics (Honors), and great distinction in general scholarship, and her J.D. in 1978 from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she served as Articles Editor of the California Law Review.
Ms. Fujie has authored and co-authored articles including:
Co-author, Effective Introduction of Evidence in California CEB (1990)
Co-author, Civil Procedure During Trial, 3rd ed. CEB (1995)
Estate of Fasken—The Proper Apportionment of Pickup Taxes, California Law Review (1978)
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Holly J. Fujie is former President of the State Bar of California and a Shareholder in the firm’s Insurance Industry and Litigation Practice Groups in Los Angeles where she focuses her practice on complex litigation, with an emphasis on insurance and surety industry related litigation.
Ms. Fujie was sworn in as the 84th President of the State Bar of California by Chief Justice Ronald George on September 27, 2008. Prior to being elected President of the State Bar, Ms. Fujie served for two years as a Governor of the State Bar representing Los Angeles County and one year as Vice President of the State Bar.
She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, sits on the Boards of Directors of Bet Tzedek, a legal services corporation, the Federal Bar Association, The California Bar Foundation and the Boalt Hall Alumni Association, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles.
Ms. Fujie is a frequent speaker on issues of insurance coverage and diversity in the legal profession. She has been involved in organizations devoted to diversity issues throughout her career. She was a member of the Editorial Board of Title IX, a publication of the ABA Committee on Diversity in the Profession, is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Committee on Diversity in the Profession, and spoke at the 2003 California Minority Attorneys Conference in San Diego, among many public appearances.
Ms. Fujie served as Deputy General Counsel to the Los Angeles Police Commission’s Rampart Independent Review Panel. She has served as a Judge Pro Tem to the Los Angeles Superior Court and has spoken on a number of panels on various law and judicial related topics. Since 1992, Ms. Fujie has advised the White House and California’s U.S. Senators on federal judicial appointments. She has served for a three year term as an Attorney Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference on the nomination of the judges of the Central District of California.
Ms. Fujie received her A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975 with a double major in Political Science (Highest Honors) and Economics (Honors), and great distinction in general scholarship, and her J.D. in 1978 from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where she served as Articles Editor of the California Law Review.
Ms. Fujie has authored and co-authored articles including:
Co-author, Effective Introduction of Evidence in California CEB (1990)
Co-author, Civil Procedure During Trial, 3rd ed. CEB (1995)
Estate of Fasken—The Proper Apportionment of Pickup Taxes, California Law Review (1978)
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
- Insurance Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California