After graduating from Loyola Law School in 1959, Judge Victor Edwin Chavez spent most of his career as a civil attorney. He was appointed to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in 1990 and subsequently held several leadership positions, including presiding judge. He oversaw one of the most complex challenges in the Court’s history: unifying Los Angeles’s 24 municipal courts with the superior court from 1999-2000. Judge Chavez’s daughter, Justice Victoria Chavez, also currently serves on the California Court of Appeal.