Simeon R. Acoba Jr.
Associate Justice of Hawaii State Supreme Court
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.
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