https://nwasianweekly.com/2013/11/wendy-duong-first-vietnamese-american-judge/
Wendy Duong, the first Vietnamese American judge
Vo Thanh Dong, Wendy Duong Nhu Nguyen, Julie Pham (NAAAP-Seattle), and Kim Pham (Northwest Vietnamese News). (Photo courtesy of NVN/K. Pham)
Wendy Duong, the first Vietnamese American to be appointed a judge in the U.S., shared her story with an audience of more than 60 people on Oct. 23 at Thang Long Restaurant inside Skyway Park Bowl in Seattle. The event was co-organized by NAAAP-Seattle, Phuong Dong Newspaper, and Northwest Vietnamese News. (end)
The English caption by this newspaper was wrong. Judge Duong was already appointed in the 1990s and she already retired from the judgeship also in the 1990s, so it's incorrect to say "to be appoined..." This causes confusion among readership. Judge Duong's career goal was not her municipal judgeship for the City of Houston. At the time of her appointment to Houston municipal bench, she was already a White House Fellowship semi-finalist representing the Southwestern States. She resigned from the local judgeship in the 1990s to be come an international lawyer for Mobil Corporation, covering the Far East. Later, she regretted the decision not to pursue a federal judicial career, a career in public service or diplomacy, and to cut short her career with the federal government in Washington D.C . Her biggest career mistake, according to her, was the decision not to continuing pursuing and serving as White House Fellow in the early 1990s (the Reagan-Bush Administration).
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