George Van Hoomissen
| George A. Van Hoomissen | |
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| 87th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1988–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Berkeley Lent |
| Succeeded by | Paul J. De Muniz |
| Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals | |
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In office 1981–1988 |
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| Preceded by | J. R. Campbell |
| Succeeded by | R. William Riggs |
| Personal details | |
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March 7, 1930 Portland, Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
George Albert Van Hoomissen (born March 7, 1930) is an American attorney in the state of Oregon, United States. He previously served as the 87th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and served on the Oregon Court of Appeals. The Portland, Oregon native was also the district attorney for Multnomah County, Oregon, and served as a Democrat in the Oregon Legislature.
George Van Hoomissen was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1930. His primary education was parochial, and he graduated from Central Catholic High School in Portland in 1947. He then went on to the University of Portland where he earned a bachelor's degree in business in 1951. Van Hoomissen then joined the United States Marines and served in that branch during the Korean War. In the Marines he attained the rank of colonel. After serving in the armed forces he attended law school at Georgetown University School of Law where he earned a juris doctorate in 1955 and an LL.M. in labor law in 1957. In 1986 he completed his education with an LL.M in judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law.
After law school George Van Hoomissen worked as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1957 until 1959. In 1959, he went into private legal practice in Portland and served as a 28-year-old Democrat to the Oregon Legislature. Van Hoomissen won re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1960. In 1962, he began an eight-year stint as the district attorney (DA) for Multnomah County after defeating Charles E. Raymond in the election. As the DA he hired future Oregon Supreme Court justices Jacob Tanzer and W. Michael Gillette, and future judges Garr M. King, George M. Joseph, and William L. Richardson. He won re-election in 1966 and 1970, but ran unsuccessfully in 1968 for the Secretary of State office losing to Clay Myers by approximately 12,000 votes. In 1971, he resigned as the DA and moved to Texas to become dean of the National College of District Attorneys and a professor at the University of Houston’s Bates College of Law.
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