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San Joaquin County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Lon R. Hanson

Candidate for
Superior Court Judge; County of San Joaquin; Office 5

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Education

  • 1984 Golden Gate University School of Law San Francisco, CA (Degree # Doctorate of Jurisprudence (J.D.)

  • 1984 California State University (Honors/Dean's List)Hayward, CA (Degree # Bachelor of Science(Business Administration/ Finance)

  • 1975 Chabot College Hayward, CA (Major # Business Administration)

  • 1972 University of California # School of Engineering Berkeley, CA (Major # Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace)

  • 1970 Canyon High School (Honor Society/ College Prep./ Varsity)Castro Valley, CA

Professional experience

  • 1985 to present - Deputy District Attorney Top Level Senior Trial Attorney

Duties: Since 1984, I have appeared in court daily. I started the District Attorney's Auto Theft Unit. I have spent 6 years as a senior attorney in the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Unit, where I prosecuted rapists, child molesters, etc. I have spent 1 year prosecuting Internet Sex Crimes, with Special Agents from a Department of Justice task force. I have run the court calendar for years. I can handle every type of criminal case, which enters the office for prosecution. I have successfully prosecuted vehicular manslaughter cases, robberies, burglaries, attempted murders, manslaughters, grand thefts, consumer fraud, elder abuse, domestic violence, battery cases, drug cases, bank robberies, identity theft cases, forgeries, career criminal and three strike cases, embezzlement cases, extradition cases, rural crime cases, insurance fraud cases, drunk driving cases, etc. I have been the supervising trial attorney for all of the satellite offices of the District Attorney and am currently running the Manteca DA's Office.

  • 1980 through 1981 - Special Agent # United State Department of Justice. Assigned to offices in San Francisco and Oakland, CA.

Duties: Intelligence and criminal investigations with top secret security clearance.

  • 1976 through 1980 - Special Agent # United State Secret Service. Although I traveled extensively, my assigned offices were located in Washington, D.C., and in Los Angeles, CA. Duties: U.S. Presidential and foreign dignitary protection, intelligence investigations, liaison with other federal law enforcement agencies (worldwide), criminal investigations involving major felonies, including but not limited to assassination attempts, terrorism, counterfeit currency detection and suppression, check forgery investigations, etc. Top secret security clearance.

Professional memberships
  • State Bar of California
  • American Bar Association (past)
  • California District Attorney's Association (past)
  • San Joaquin County Bar Association (1st joined 1985)
  • Stockton Tennis Club
  • USTA (United States Tennis Assoc.(Ranked "A" player)
  • First Baptist Church, Stockton, CA
  • Stockton Chamber of Commerce

Court Admissions
  • Cal. Supreme Ct. (Since 1984)
  • Cal. Municipal Ct. (Since 1984)
  • Cal. Superior Ct. (Since 1984)
  • U.S. Fed. District Ct. # Northern District (Since 1984)
  • U.S. Fed. District Ct. # Eastern District (Since 1987)
  • U.S. Fed. District Ct. - Southern District (Since 1984)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) (Since 1987)

Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Office #5

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