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Hom was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the Sacramento
County Superior Court in May of 2002. He serves as a
general assignment trial judge presiding over both criminal
and civil matters. Judge Hom chairs the New Judge Orientation
Committee and is Steering Committee Co-Chair for the
Integrated Criminal Justice Information System. He maintains
membership in the California Judges Association, the
California Asian Judges Association and the Anthony
M. Kennedy Inn of Court. He is the 2005 Vice President
of the California Asian Judges Association and the 2004
Vice President of the Judicial Council of the National
Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Prior to his appointment
to the Superior Court, Judge Hom was engaged in the
private practice of law emphasizing both personal injury
and criminal defense litigation. He started his legal
career as a Deputy District Attorney for Sacramento
County.
Prior to his appointment to the Superior
Court, Judge Hom was active in numerous community based
and professional organizations. He has been an active
member of the Sacramento County Bar Association and
is a former board member of the Sacramento Asian Pacific
Chamber of Commerce where he also served as Legal Counsel.
He is a past President of the Asian/Pacific Bar Association
of Sacramento. In 2001, Judge Hom served on the statewide
Racial Profiling Curriculum Committee for P.O.S.T. (Peace
Officers Standards and Training) developing state mandated
racial profiling training curriculum for all California
peace officers. He has also served as a member of the
Bar Council for the Sacramento County Bar Association
and the Sacramento County Bar Association Lawyer Referral
and Information Service.
In 1998, Judge
Hom was appointed to the Human Rights/Fair Housing Commission
for the City and County of Sacramento. He served as
the Chairperson of the Commission up to the assumption
of his judicial duties. The Commission addresses a wide
range of human relations issues from hosting the Western
States Hate Crimes Conference and the investigation
of hate crime offenses to addressing the problems facing
the disabled in housing and the enforcement of fair
housing legislation.
Judge Hom is the
recipient of the Sacramento Asian/Pacific Chamber of
Commerce President’s Award and in 2002 was honored
by National Asian Pacific American Bar Association with
the organization’s Trailblazer Award for his substantial
and lasting contributions to the Asian Pacific Islander
community.
Judge Hom
is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley
and Hastings College of the Law.
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