Harry A. Hollzer
| Harry Aaron Hollzer | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California | |
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In office March 3, 1931 – January 14, 1946 |
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| Nominated by | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Position established June 27, 1930 |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Weinberger |
| Judge, Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, California | |
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In office May 24, 1924 – March 2, 1931 |
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| Appointed by | Friend William Richardson |
| Preceded by | John W. Shenk |
| Succeeded by | Lester W. Roth |
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November 4, 1880 New York City, New York |
| Died | January 14, 1946 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Green, married May 5, 1907 |
| Children | Alma, born May 26, 1911, and Herbert, born February 22, 1919 |
| Residence | 245 South Norton Avenue, Los Angeles, California |
| Alma mater | University of California Berkeley |
Harry Aaron Hollzer (November 4, 1880 – January 14, 1946) was a United States federal judge.
Hollzer was born in New York City on November 4, 1880, the son of Joseph and Annie Hollzer, and in 1885, the family moved to San Francisco. When his father died in 1890, his mother, unable to care for her six children who ranged in age from two to fourteen years, sent Harry and his four brothers to live at the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum in San Francisco, while her one daughter, Esther, aged ten years, remained at home. It was at the orphanage that Hollzer decided to become a lawyer. He was educated in San Francisco public schools, including Lowell High School, and earned his LL.B. from Berkeley Law School in 1903, one of the first three students to earn that degree at that institution. Graduating with honors, he completed a six-year program in only five years. He had been admitted to the California bar in 1902, and practiced law in San Francisco until he moved to Los Angeles in 1909 where he became associated with W. Ona Morton. In 1912, the firm name was changed to Morton, Hollzer & Morton.
Hollzer was appointed to a Superior Court judgeship by Governor Friend William Richardson in 1924 to replace Judge John W. Shenk, who had been elevated to the California State Supreme Court. "It was a surprise to me," Hollzer said, "for I was not a candidate." He was elected to that post in November of that year and reelected in 1926. In 1930, he served as a justice pro tem. of the District Court of Appeals of California. From 1926 to 1931, he was a member of the Judicial Council of California, serving as its director of survey and research. In early 1928, Governor C.C. Young directed Judge Hollzer to take two months to travel throughout the country and survey systems employed in court administration and procedural rules in order to improve judicial methods in California. The Council's and Judge Hollzer's efforts sped up justice 106 percent in Los Angeles County while increasing judges' salaries by only 50 percent. From 1929 to 1931, he was the chairman of the National Conference of Judicial Councils.
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