Orange County (Newport Beach)
Career Highlights: Retired March 2019. Appointed to Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, May 2008; assistant U.S. attorney, 2003-2008; deputy counsel, Orange County Department of Child Support Services, 2002-2003; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1985-2002; in-house counsel, Fritz Duda Co., 1979-1985; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1976-1979.
Law School: University of San Diego, 1974
Career Highlights: Retired March 2019. Appointed to Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, May 2008; assistant U.S. attorney, 2003-2008; deputy counsel, Orange County Department of Child Support Services, 2002-2003; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1985-2002; in-house counsel, Fritz Duda Co., 1979-1985; deputy district attorney, Orange County, 1976-1979.
Law School: University of San Diego, 1974
NEWPORT BEACH -- Robert C. Gannon Jr., was aboard a military ship in the South China Sea when he received a letter that landed him in a classroom a month later. As a decorated Navy helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, he applied to law schools dreaming of becoming a trial prosecutor, and the letter he received from the University of San Diego during mail call one day began a career that's earned him a reputation as one of Orange County Superior Court's mo... (continued)
