Eleanor Oducayen Nisperos is California’s first Filipina American female lawyer.[1]

She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii, and earned her law degree in 1971 from Boalt Hall University of California, Berkeley. The following year, she became the first Filipina admitted to practice law in California.[1][2]

Nisperos served as the first president of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC) from 1981-1982.[3] She initially worked as a Deputy Attorney General in San Francisco, California, before serving as an administrative law judge and presiding judge for the California Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board until her retirement.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] From 2007 to 2011, Nisperos served as Deputy Attorney General for the Northern Mariana Islands’ Office of the Attorney General.[1][11]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Celebrating Women's History Month". CWL Newsletter. March–April 2018. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Eleanor Oducayen Nisperos #51263 - Attorney Licensee Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ↑ Operations (2009-10-08). "Past Presidents". FBANC. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  4. ↑ Kim, Elaine H.; Otani, Janice (1983). With silk wings: Asian American women at work. Asian Women United of California. ISBN 9780936434063.
  5. ↑ Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California. Bancroft-Whitney. 1985.
  6. ↑ Board, California Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals (1972). Decisions. The Board.
  7. ↑ Racial and Ethnic Composition of the California Trial Courts: A Report to the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts. AR Associates. 1995.
  8. ↑ The Directory of Minority Judges of the United States. American Bar Association, Judicial Division, Standing Committee on Minorities in the Judiciary. 2001-01-01. ISBN 9781570739453.
  9. ↑ "In the Media". FBANC. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  10. ↑ "Mike Nisperos will head State Bar discipline system as chief trial counsel". archive.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  11. ↑ "FilAm lawyer tagahabol ng tiwali sa Saipan". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
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