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Heather Hoganson, is a board member of STMS and SCBA First Vice-President. She may be contacted at Heather. Hoganson@ABC.ca.gov.
Judge James Mize Receives St. Thomas More Society’s Annual Integrity Award by Heather Hoganson
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he Saint Thomas More Society of Sacramento (STMS) is pleased to announce that its annual Fr. McDermott Award for Integrity was presented to Sacramento Superior Court Judge James Mize at its Annual Feast Day Reception, held at Blue Prynt restaurant, on June 25, 2015. Judge Mize has participated in a number of STMS events over the years, including ethics presentations both individually and with Professor Fred Galves of Pacific McGeorge, a talk on St. Thomas More and his legacy for the legal profession, a presentation on judicial independence and the challenges to such, and even the introduction of the 2014 Fr. McDermott Award winner, Vicki Jacobs, at last year’s STMS Feast Day Reception. Judge Mize is certainly no stranger to the Sacramento legal or faith communities. He was awarded the first Diocesan St. Thomas More Award in 2006, given by the Bishop of Sacramento to a member of the legal profession who exemplifies gospel teachings in his or her personal or professional life. Judge Mize helped found the Voluntary Legal Services Program (VLSP) and a weekly free meal program (Sharing God’s Bounty) at St. Philomene’s Catholic Church, where he is an active parishioner. He has served on the boards of Loaves & Fishes, Hope House, and Maryhouse. He was also one of the founders and first life members of the Sacramento County Bar Association Foundation, now known as the Sacramento Law Foundation. (Judge Mize was also the Judicial Edi-
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