Edward A. Hinz, Jr.

Justice Edward A. Hinz Jr. was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Deukmejian in 1990 and was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments. He was then elected to a four-year term in 1990 and retired from the bench in 1994. Prior to this, he was a judge on the Superior Court in Los Angeles County from 1974 to 1990, and a judge on the Municipal Court in Los Angeles from 1973 to 1974. He was also a Chief Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General for the California State Department of Justice. He attended Hastings College of the Law and the University of California, Los Angeles.