Elwood G. Lui

Justice Elwood G. Lui was appointed by Governor Brown, Jr. in 1981 and confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments in July 1981. He was then confirmed by the electorate in November 1982 and retired from the bench in October 1987. He had previously been a judge in the Superior Court and Municipal Court in Los Angeles County. He was a partner at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue and a sole practitioner before that. He was also a Certified Public Accountant and a Deputy Attorney General. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the California Supreme Court Historical Society, the California Judges Association, the California Asian Judges Association, the California Judicial Council's Advisory Committee on Judicial Performance, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Chinese Lawyers Association, and the Board of Trustees of Southwestern University School of Law. He was also a lecturer, an adjunct professor, and a past president of the University of California (Los Angeles) School of Law Alumni Association. He had a J.D. from the University of California (Los Angeles) School of Law, an M.B.A. and a B.S. from the University of California (Los Angeles), and was a Certified Public Accountant. He was a Republican and enjoyed