Simeon R. Acoba Jr., Date of Birth
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Associate Justice of Hawaii State Supreme Court
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About Simeon R. Acoba Jr.
- Simeon Rivera Acoba Jr.
- (born March 11, 1944 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was an Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court.
- Acoba served his first term from May 19, 2000, to May 18, 2010, and was retained by the Judicial Selection Commission to serve a second ten-year term from May 19, 2010, to May 18, 2020.
- He retired from the court effective February 29, 2014.Acoba graduated from Farrington High School in 1962.
- He later attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- After earning his bachelor's degree at the University of Hawaii, Acoba attended law school at the Northwestern University School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor degree there in 1969.In 1969, Acoba returned to Honolulu to become a law clerk for Hawaii State Supreme Court Chief Justice William S.
- Richardson.
- In 1970, he left this position to become a special assistant to University of Hawaii President Harlan Cleveland. In 1979, Acoba became a district court judge.
- In 1980, Governor George Ariyoshi appointed Acoba to the Hawaii State Judiciary as a circuit court judge.
- Governor John Waihee elevated Acoba in 1994 to the Hawaii State Intermediate Court of Appeals, the second highest court.
- Later, Governor Benjamin J.
- Cayetano appointed Acoba to the Hawaii State Supreme Court.
- Acoba was sworn in on May 19, 2000.
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