5th District Court of Appeal
Career Highlights: Appointed justice of the 5th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dec. 10, 2010; judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2005-10; partner, Sagaser, Franson & Jones, 1997-2005; partner, Sagaser, Hansen & Franson, 1994-97; partner, associate, Jory, Peterson & Sagaser, 1991-94; in-house counsel, Dunavant Enterprises, Inc., and executive vice president, Producers Inc. Cotton 1988-91; associate, Miles, Sears & Eanni, 1983-87; attorney, Quinlisk & Franson Law Office, 1981-82; deputy district attorney, Fresno County, 1978-80.
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law, 1978
Career Highlights: Appointed justice of the 5th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dec. 10, 2010; judge, Fresno County Superior Court, 2005-10; partner, Sagaser, Franson & Jones, 1997-2005; partner, Sagaser, Hansen & Franson, 1994-97; partner, associate, Jory, Peterson & Sagaser, 1991-94; in-house counsel, Dunavant Enterprises, Inc., and executive vice president, Producers Inc. Cotton 1988-91; associate, Miles, Sears & Eanni, 1983-87; attorney, Quinlisk & Franson Law Office, 1981-82; deputy district attorney, Fresno County, 1978-80.
Law School: UC Hastings College of the Law, 1978
FRESNO--The Fresno region abounds with multigenerational farming families, but Justice Donald R. Franson Jr. has a rarer distinction: He is a third-generation judicial officer and a second-generation justice.
His maternal grandfather was the late Samuel Hollins, who served as a federal commissioner and bankruptcy referee in the 1920s and 1930s--roles that preceded modern bankruptcy judges.
But it is his late father, Justice Donald R. Franson Sr., who looms ove... (continued)
