Halim Dhanidina

Justice Halim Dhanidina was appointed to the California Court of Appeal in 2018 and is the first Muslim and South Asian American to serve on the court. He graduated from UCLA School of Law in 1997 and Pomona College in 1994. He was a Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office from 1998-2012 and an Adjunct Professor at UCI School of Law, Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Western State Law School, Whittier Law School and the Glendale University College of Law. He is the first Muslim appellate level judge in the United States.