This event is co-sponsored by the Asia Society Southern California Center, the Hong Kong Association of Southern California, the Southern California Chinese Lawyer Association, and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Participation is by invitation only.
Justice Barry Mortimer received his Bachelor and Master's degrees from the Emmanuel College of Cambridge University, UK, and was called to the Bar in 1956. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1971 and was a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1972 to 1987. Justice Barry was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in 1983 and a Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal in 1993. He retired as the Vice President of the Court of Appeal in August 1999, and continues to serve as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a post which he holds since 1997.