Halim Dhanidia

Halim Dhanidina is a judge in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Appointed to the bench by Governor Jerry Brown in 2012, he is the first Muslim to ever be appointed judge in California. He is an Ismaili Shiite of Gujarati Indian heritage.

Halim Dhanidina was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1970. He was a Deputy District Attorney of Los Angeles County for fourteen years, prosecuting cases for the Hardcore Gang and Major Crimes Divisions. He is also a founding member of the Association of South Asian Prosecutors, and a member of the Asia Pacific American and South Asian Bar Association.

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