Los Angeles County Superior Court
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 7, 2025; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2013; team leader, central felony trials, Alternate Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 2004-14; training deputy, Central Arraignment Court, Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 2000-04; law clerk to District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Stephanie Duncan-Peters, Washington D.C., 1999-2000
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center,1999
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, May 7, 2025; appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court by Gov. Jerry Brown, 2013; team leader, central felony trials, Alternate Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 2004-14; training deputy, Central Arraignment Court, Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles County, 2000-04; law clerk to District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Stephanie Duncan-Peters, Washington D.C., 1999-2000
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center,1999
LOS ANGELES -- The shelves were bare, the boxes half-filled, and the walls stripped of their familiar honors. In the quiet disarray of Department 117, Superior Court Judge Mark K. Hanasono prepared to leave behind more than one courtroom. He is preparing to step away from a rhythm he had shaped for over a decade.
"I'm really about to walk away from something I care deeply about," he said in a moment of reflection.
His May 7 nomination by Gov. Ga... (continued)
