--- title: "Elwood G. H. Lui | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elwood-g-h-lui-6487" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Elwood G. H. Lui California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District · Administrative Presiding Justice ## Profile - Court: California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District - State: California - Role: Administrative Presiding Justice - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Long‐time jurist of the California Court of Appeal, currently serving as Administrative Presiding Justice of the Second Appellate District, Division Two since 2018 - Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, 2017-2018 - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, 2015-2017 - Appointed: By Governor Jerry Brown in 2015 to fill a vacancy; elevated to Presiding Justice in 2017 - Before joining the judiciary, Lui was a partner at Jones Day (1987–2013), where he led the San Francisco office, oversaw Greater China offices, and held the role of lead appellate lawyer for California. - Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, 1981-1987 - Trial Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1980-1981 - Judge, Municipal Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 1975-1980 - 1971–1975: Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice ### Education - University of California-Los Angeles — J.D. (1969) - Business Administration — University of California-Los Angeles — 1964 - Business Administration — University of California-Los Angeles — 1962 ### Additional information - ad-pres-jus, California Court of Appeal, 2nd District, 2018-present - Retention Election: Re‐elected in November 2018 with 59.6% of the vote - 1975: Attorney in solo practice - 1969–1971: Attorney, Mori and Katayama - Prison Compliance Officer in federal litigation on California prison overcrowding - Member of the Medical Board of California and Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners - Special Master of the State Bar Disciplinary System - He has received multiple honors, including the Beacon of Justice Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association Outstanding Jurist Award, Witkin Medal, and UCLA Professional Achievement Award. - Birth place: Los Angeles, CA ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### audiovisual evidence Scope: statewide A party offering an electronic sound or sound-and-video recording must provide the court and opposing parties a transcript and provide opposing parties a duplicate of the recording. Evidence excerpt: the party must provide to the court and to opposing parties a transcript of the electronic recording and provide opposing parties with a duplicate of the electronic recording [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote proceedings Scope: statewide California courts should permit remote participation in covered civil proceedings, subject to the statute, local rules, and controlling orders. Evidence excerpt: courts should permit parties to appear remotely at conferences, hearings, and proceedings in civil cases consistent with Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75 [California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote participants and witnesses Scope: statewide Covered civil parties and witnesses may appear remotely, and the court may conduct proceedings in whole or in part using remote technology. Evidence excerpt: that party or witness may appear remotely and the court may conduct conferences, hearings, and proceedings, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide Court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast except as Rule 1.150 permits. Evidence excerpt: Except as provided in this rule, court proceedings may not be photographed, recorded, or broadcast. [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### expedited jury trial presentations Scope: statewide In expedited jury trials, parties may use slides, electronic presentations, projections, exhibit notebooks, and other methods approved at the pretrial conference. Evidence excerpt: the parties may present summaries and may use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, individual notebooks of exhibits for submission to the jurors, or other innovative methods of presentation approved at the pretrial conference [California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### expedited jury trial pretrial agreements Scope: statewide Voluntary expedited jury trial submissions must identify party agreements concerning electronic presentations and other proposed presentation methods. Evidence excerpt: Any agreements of the parties to use photographs, diagrams, slides, electronic presentations, overhead projections, notebooks of exhibits, or other methods of presenting information to the jury [California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### exhibit admission Scope: statewide An exhibit must be admitted by the judge before it may be used in the case. Evidence excerpt: The judge must to allow you to admit the exhibit as evidence in order for you to use it in your case. [How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6487/elwood-g-h-lui/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6487/elwood-g-h-lui/) - [California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6487/elwood-g-h-lui/) - [California Rule 2.1040, Electronic recordings presented or offered into evidence](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_1040) - [California Rule 3.672, Remote proceedings](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_672) - [California Code of Civil Procedure section 367.75](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=367.75.&lawCode=CCP) - [California Rule 1.150, Photographing, recording, and broadcasting in court](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/one/rule1_150) - [California Rule 3.1551, Case presentation](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1551) - [California Rule 3.1548, Pretrial submissions for voluntary expedited jury trials](https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1548) - [How to introduce exhibits at a trial](https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/how-introduce-exhibits-trial) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6487/elwood-g-h-lui/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elwood-g-h-lui-6487", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elwood-g-h-lui-6487", "name": "Elwood G. 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