George Van Hoomissen

George Albert Van Hoomissen (born March 7, 1930) is an American attorney in the state of Oregon. He previously served as the 87th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and previously served as a judge of 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 Legislative Assembly.

Early life 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. Van Hoomissen then joined the United States Marines and served in that branch during the Korean War. After serving in the armed forces he attended law school at Georgetown University School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1955 and an LL.M. in labor law in 1957. In 1962, he began an eight-year stint as the district attorney (DA) for Multnomah County after defeating Charles E. Raymond in the election. Van Hoomissen won re-election to a second six-year term in 1986, and then resigned from the court on September 30, 1988. He also works as a private mediator He previously served as president of the Oregon District Attorneys Association and the Oregon Appellate Judges Association.