George Albert Van Hoomissen (born March 7, 1930)[1] is an American attorney in the state of Oregon.

[3] Van Hoomissen then joined the United States Marines and served in that branch during the Korean War.

[5] In 1962, he began an eight-year stint as the district attorney (DA) for Multnomah County after defeating Charles E. Raymond in the election.

[2] He won re-election in 1966 and 1970, but ran unsuccessfully in 1968 for the Secretary of State office losing to Clay Myers by approximately 12,000 votes.

[6] He resigned to join the Oregon Supreme Court after winning the election to replace Berkeley Lent on May 17, 1988.

[7] Van Hoomissen is a senior judge for the state of Oregon, allowing the Supreme Court Chief Justice to appoint him to any judicial position on a temporary basis.