We are sad to report that United States Senior District Judge Ronald S.W. Lew, Central District of California, died on May 19, 2023. Judge Lew was appointed in May 1987 and assumed senior status in 2006. Throughout his career, Judge Lew received many well-deserved honors and awards, including being honored by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California as one of the Chinese American Pioneers in Law and receiving the Los Angeles Chinese American Museum’s Historymakers Award for excellence in law and justice.

To read his obituary, please go to this webpage: https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/news/passing-honorable-ronald-sw-lew.