Ming Chin

Last updated
Carol Joe
(m. 1971)
Ming Chin
MingChin.jpg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
In office
March 1, 1996 August 31, 2020
ChildrenJennifer and Jason
Alma mater University of San Francisco, (BA, JD)
Awards Commendation Medal
Bronze Star
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/service United States Army
RankCaptain
Battles/wars Vietnam War

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ronald M. George</span> American judge

Ronald Marc George is an American jurist. He previously served as the 27th Chief Justice of California from 1996 to 2011. Governor Pete Wilson appointed George as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1991 and elevated George to Chief Justice in 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William H. Waste</span> American judge

William Harrison Waste was the 21st Chief Justice of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of San Francisco School of Law</span> American Law School

The University of San Francisco School of Law is the law school of the private University of San Francisco. Established in 1912, it received American Bar Association accreditation in 1935 and joined the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1937.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carol Corrigan</span> American judge

Carol Ann Corrigan is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joshua Groban</span> American judge

Joshua Paul Groban is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He was appointed to the California Supreme Court by Governor Jerry Brown on November 14, 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Jenkins</span> American judge

Martin Joseph Jenkins is an American attorney and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. He was previously a justice of the California Court of Appeal for the First District, located in San Francisco, and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos R. Moreno</span> American judge

Carlos Roberto Moreno is an American jurist who is the former United States Ambassador to Belize, serving from June 24, 2014 to January 20, 2017. Previously, he served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from February 4, 1998, to October 18, 2001, and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from October 18, 2001, to February 28, 2011. Following his retirement from the bench, Moreno was counsel with Irell & Manella from 2011 to 2013. He has been a self-employed JAMS arbitrator since returning from Belize in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delbert Gee</span> American judge

Delbert Gee was an Alameda County Superior Court Judge from 2002 until his retirement in 2022, presiding over both civil and criminal cases. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, he presided over two civil jury trials conducted entirely by video.

Allen Edgar Broussard was an American attorney who rose to become an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from July 22, 1981, to August 31, 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tani Cantil-Sakauye</span> American judge

Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye is an American lawyer and jurist who was the 28th Chief Justice of California and is the president/CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California. Nominated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for California's highest judicial office on July 22, 2010, and retained in office by California voters on November 2, 2010, she was sworn in on January 3, 2011 as California's first Filipino and first Woman of Color to serve as California's Chief Justice. Prior to her appointment as chief justice, Cantil-Sakauye had served in judicial offices on California's appellate and trial courts. On July 27, 2022, she announced she would retire and not run for another 12 year term on the court in November and step down on January 1, 2023, leaving Governor Newsom to appoint her replacement. On September 28, 2022, the Public Policy Institute of California announced that Cantil-Sakauye would become its president and chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank K. Richardson</span> American judge

Frank Kellogg Richardson was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.

Marshall Francis McComb was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from January 1956 to May 2, 1977.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Malcolm Lucas</span> American judge

Malcolm Millar Lucas was an American jurist and attorney who served as the 26th Chief Justice of California. He previously served as a trial judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Frank Cecil Newman was an American law school dean, state supreme court justice, and scholar and advocate of reform in the field of international human rights law. He was the Dean of Berkeley Law School from 1961 to 1966, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1977 to 1982, and Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at Berkeley from 1982 to 1988. Following his retirement, he was professor emeritus at Berkeley.

Armand M. Arabian was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from February 3, 1990, to February 28, 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry A. Melvin</span> American judge

Henry Alexander Melvin was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from September 28, 1908 to December 1920.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesse W. Curtis Sr.</span> American judge (1865–1960)

Jesse William Curtis Sr. was an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from January 1, 1926 to January 1, 1945, and whose family were pioneer settlers of San Bernardino, California.

Samuel Bell McKee was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from January 5, 1880, to January 3, 1887. Including his time on the trial court, he sat on the bench for more than 30 years, making him one of the longest serving judges in California history.

Raymond Elmer Peters was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 26, 1959 to January 2, 1973.

References

  1. 1 2 "Full Biography for Ming William Chin". Smart Voter '98. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ziajka, Alan; Elias, Robert (2015). University of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 118. ISBN   978-1439651186 . Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  3. "Alumni Profiles: Ming Chin". University of San Francisco School of Law. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. Hogarth, Marie-Anne (August 12, 2007). "Longtime Oakland firm joins with Wendel, Rosen Black & Dean". Oakland Business Journal. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. "Employment Litigation (The Rutter Group California Practice Guide)". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  6. "Editorial-- Justice Ming W. Chin". San Francisco Chronicle. January 29, 1996. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. Dolan, Maura (March 2, 1997). "State High Court Justice Sworn In Amid Protests". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  8. "California Courts: Courts: Supreme Court: Justices: Associate Justice Ming W. Chin". Judicial Council of California. December 2, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. Statement of Vote, November 3, 1998, General Election (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of California. 1998-12-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  10. Statement of Vote, November 2, 2010, General Election (PDF) (Report). Secretary of State of California. 2011-01-06. p. 16. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  11. "Nov. 2 Election Results". Trinity Journal. 10 November 2010. p. 7. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. "Chief Justice Appoints Justice Ming W. Chin to Judicial Council". California State Courts. December 16, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  13. Mike McKee (May 2, 2006). "Profile of Justice Ming Chin". The Recorder. Retrieved September 21, 2017. In the decade prior to April 1, Uelmen notes, Chin, who's on the conservative wing of the bench, had authored 158 opinions for the California Supreme Court, 12 more than Chief Justice Ronald George, his closest competitor.
  14. 44 Cal. 4th 431, 79 Cal. Rptr. 3d 312, 187 P. 3d 37 (2008).
  15. "Justice Ming Chin to Retire from California Supreme Court". California Courts. California Judicial Branch. January 15, 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  16. "January 2016 Upcoming Programs and Events". Alameda County Bar Association. Retrieved September 21, 2017. former ACBA Board President and California Supreme Court Justice Ming Chin
  17. "2016 St. Thomas More Award". St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco. Retrieved September 21, 2017. Past winners have included...Ming Chin
  18. "Justice Ming Chin of the California Supreme Court to Speak at Southwestern Law School Commencement Ceremony". Southwestern Law School. March 23, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2017. Southwestern awarded Justice Chin an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1996.
  19. Caen, Herb (January 13, 1996). "Caennecting the Dots". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

Selected publications

Videos

Ming Chin
Traditional Chinese 陳惠明
Simplified Chinese 陈惠明
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Huìmíng
Legal offices
Preceded by
Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District
1990–1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District, Division Three
1995–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
1996–2020
Succeeded by