San Francisco County (San Francisco)
Career Highlights: Elected San Francisco County Superior Court judge, November 2016, took office January 2017; principal, Law Office of Victor M. Hwang, 2014-17; deputy director/managing attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, 2015-17, 2001-07; assistant district attorney, San Francisco County, 2007-14; managing attorney/staff attorney, Asian Law Caucus, 1996-2001; deputy public defender, deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County 1992-96
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
Career Highlights: Elected San Francisco County Superior Court judge, November 2016, took office January 2017; principal, Law Office of Victor M. Hwang, 2014-17; deputy director/managing attorney, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach, 2015-17, 2001-07; assistant district attorney, San Francisco County, 2007-14; managing attorney/staff attorney, Asian Law Caucus, 1996-2001; deputy public defender, deputy alternate public defender, Los Angeles County 1992-96
Law School: USC Gould School of Law, 1992
SAN FRANCISCO — Superior Court Judge Victor M. Hwang has a prized photo in his chambers with his mentor, former U.S. District Judge Robert M. Takasugi of the Central District of California, for whom he worked during law school handling research on a case involving deputy sheriffs accused of civil rights violations.
While Hwang was certain he would do community legal work after law school, the federal judge persuaded him t... (continued)
