Elwood G. Lui

Justice Elwood G. Lui was appointed to the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Three succeeding Associate Justice John R. Allport by Governor Brown, Jr. on May 14, 1981. He was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments on July 17, 1981 and the electorate on November 2, 1982. He held the position until he retired from the bench on October 1, 1987. Prior to this, he was a judge of the Superior Court and the Municipal Court in Los Angeles County. He also held positions as a sole practitioner and a partner in a law firm, was a Deputy Attorney General in the California State Department of Justice, and worked as a Certified Public Accountant. He was involved in many organizations, including the California Judges Association, the California Asian Judges Association, the California Judicial Council's Advisory Committee on Judicial Performance, and the Board of Trustees of the Southwestern University School of Law. He also lectured at the Juvenile Court Judges Institute, the California Judicial College, the University of Southern California School of Accounting, and Loyola Law School. He earned a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, an M.B.A. and B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a Certified Public Accountant. In his free time, he enjoyed playing tennis, basketball, and jogging. He was a Republican and was admitted to the California Bar, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.