U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, Hawaii’s first female senator and the first Asian-Pacific American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, is one of five outstanding female attorneys who will be honored with the American Bar Association’s 2013 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award.
The award is given annually by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. It will be presented Aug. 11 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco during the ABA’s annual meeting.
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