Mark Hanasono will teach the Part-time Judicial Externship Seminar in the fall 2023 semester. Hanasono serves as a Superior Court Judge for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, appointed in 2013 by Governor Jerry Brown. Currently, he presides over a felony trial calendar.  Previously, he was the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division and the Assistant Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division, Limited Jurisdiction Courts. Judge Hanasono also served as an associate justice pro tempore for Division 3 of the Second District, California Court of Appeal.

Prior to his judicial appointment, Hanasono worked for the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, representing indigent clients in all felony cases including capital murder. Hanasono also represented adults and juveniles for the Los Angeles County Public Defender.

Hanasono graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and University of California, Berkeley, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Judge Hanasono is a faculty member for the Center for Judicial Education and Research and the Los Angeles Superior Court Judicial Education Seminars. He has published articles in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, the Asian Law Journal, and the California State Bar’s Criminal Law Journal.