Howard B. Wiener

Justice Howard B. Wiener was appointed to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One by Governor Brown Jr. in 1978 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was confirmed by the electorate in 1978 and reconfirmed for a 12 year term in 1982. He retired from the bench in 1993. Before his appointment, he had a private law practice and served as a Law Clerk to a U.S. District Court Judge. He was a member of the California Judges Association, the American Bar Association, and the University of San Diego Law School Board of Visitors. He was also a faculty member of the California Continuing Judicial Studies Program. He authored several significant decisions, including Yee v. City of Escondido, Holliday v. Jones, Marois v. Royal Investigation & Patrol, Inc., and A & M Produce Co. v. FMC Corp. He had a LL.M. from the University of Virginia Law School, a LL.B. from Harvard University Law School, and a B.A. from Brown University.