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Government

Apr. 6, 2011

Advocate Now State Labor Commissioner

Litigation director at Southern California's Asian Pacific American Legal Center, longtime advocate for workers' rights, to lead state's labor enforcement agency.


By Catherine Ho


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When Julie Su graduated from Harvard Law School 17 years ago, one of her first career moves was to call up a fledgling, little-known nonprofit operating out of a cramped Los Angeles church.


"'You don't know me but I'd like to apply for a Skadden Arps fellowship at your center,'" Stewart Kwoh remembers Su saying.


The request seemed odd because Kwoh, founding executi...

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