Background
Zia, Hoyt Hanson was born on April 24, 1953 in Newark. Son of Yee Chen and Beilin (Woo) A.
Zia, Hoyt Hanson was born on April 24, 1953 in Newark. Son of Yee Chen and Beilin (Woo) A.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1975; Juris Doctor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981.
Associate, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, 1981-1984; associate, Lee & Hui, San Francisco, 1984; division counsel law department, Motorola Inc., Cupertino, California, since 1984. Member committee bar examiners California State Bar, 1986-1988, chairman ethnic minority relations committee, 1984-1986.
Board of directors Chinatown Youth Center, San Francisco, 1983-1989, Enterprise for High School Students, San Francisco, since 1987. Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1975-1981. Member American Bar Association (California delegation House of Delegates since 1988), National Asian/Pacific American Bar Association (president 1989-1990), Asian/Pacific Bar California (president 1987-1988), Asian American bar Association (Vice-President 1985, president 1986), Bar Association San Francisco (board directors Barristers Club 1984-1986).
Married Leigh-Ann Kiyo Miyasato, April 30,1988. 1 child, Emily Shizue.