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James F. Hannawalt

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Office of the San Francisco City Attorney

1390 Market St.
San Francisco , CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-3913
Fax: (415) 554-3837
Email: james.hannawalt@sfgov.org

UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA



Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
Charles Heard v. Damon Jackson, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Aug. 23, 2024
Mei Yu Lin v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 26, 2024
Jose Chavarria v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 15, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 25, 2023
John LaSalle v. City and County of San Francisco, Frederick Gonzales, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 24, 2023
Aliitasi T. Alapati v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 17, 2023
Michael Petersen v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 10, 2023
Phris M. Keaton v. Garret Edwards, San Francisco Sheriff's Office, City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 10, 2023
Maurice Caldwell v. City of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Kitt Crenshaw, Arthur Gerrans, James Crowley, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Oct. 15, 2021
Jeffrey McElroy v. City and County of San Francisco, Sterling Hayes, individually and in his capacity as a San Francisco Police Officer; and Michael Marcic, individually and in his capacity as a San Francisco Police Officer Civil Rights Defendant Jun. 25, 2021
Luis Angel Garcia Valencia v. City of San Francisco, County of San Francisco, Michael Joseph Callahan, an individual, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 2, 2021
Oliver Barcenas and Sofia Barcenas v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Joshua Cabillo, Officer, San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1-60, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Sep. 18, 2020
Brian Soo v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 4, 2020
Margaret Hardgrave v. Ramallah Club Inc., City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 - 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 28, 2020
Rosa Rivera Keel v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 17, 2020
Gregory Saputelli v. Richard Schumacher, Nancy Schumacher, Noel Finnerty, Finnerty Plumbing, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 24, 2020
Gwendolyn Woods, individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Mario Woods v. City and County of San Francisco; Charles August, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Nicholas Cuevas, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Winson Seto, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Antonio Santos, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Scott Phillips, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; and Does 1-50, individually and in their official capacities as Police Officers for the City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights Defendant Oct. 11, 2019
Joseph Alvarado v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 5, 2019
Brandon Simpson v. City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation; John Fergus, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Thomas Buckley, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Elizabeth Morse, individually and in her capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Andrew Clifford, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; and Does 1 - 50, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Apr. 19, 2019
Meridith Schreier v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-50 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 15, 2017
Suzanne Davis-Hornby v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 11, 2017
Gary Richard Lawman By and Through His Guardian Ad Litem Richard De Villiers v. City and County of San Francisco, Phillip M. Gordon, Glen Paul Minioza, Brian W. Kneuker, Carlos Gutierrez, Craig F. Torn, Patrick F. Pene, Julio C. Palencia, Andrew N. Brown, Paul E. Rapicavoli, Matthew M. O'Shea, Michael Hennessey, Greg Suhr, Roel L. Lapitan and Frank Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 4, 2017
Lisa Owen v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Palace of Fine Arts League Inc., Maybeck Foundation Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 18, 2016
Ying Zhang, Chen Li v. City and County of San Francisco, Gina Eunice, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 18, 2016
Tracy Starr v. Fun Wah Auyang, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 16, 2016
William Leon Marotz v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco City Attorney's Office, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Investigator Brian Cauley Torts Defendant Mar. 5, 2016
Denise Green v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Ja Han Kim, Sergeant; Esparza, Officer; Pedersen, Officer Civil Rights Defendant Nov. 14, 2015
Brynn K. Stoll, individually by and through her Guardians ad Litem, Barbara J. Stoll and Michael R. Stoll v. City and County of San Francisco; Andre Stephen Richardson; State of California; California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 18, 2015
Eduardo Enrique Alegrett v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr, Matthew Sullivan, and Does 1 through 200, jointly and severally Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 14, 2015
Sean Alexander Hold v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr, Luis P. DeJesus, Ryan Doherty, Scott Ryan, Stephen Jonas, Ferdinand Dimapasoc, Brendan Caraway, Jose Macias, Officer Ivanov, Joseph Salazar, Joshua D. Hinds, and Does 1 through 100, jointly and severally Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 7, 2015
Earl Brown Sr., individually and as personal representative of the Estate of decedent Earl Brown Jr.; Helen Brown, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of decedent Earl Brown Jr. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Dec. 6, 2014
Patricia MacDonald v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 10, as individuals, and Does 11 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 9, 2014
David J. Pryor aka Latiya Pryor v. Tequisha Curley Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 1, 2014
Yekaterina Gayza v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 1, 2014
Clifford Balgos v. Winona Delgadillo, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 14, 2013
Jesse J. Byrd, Malik Britt, Rashad Conley v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1 through 20 Civil Rights Defendant Aug. 31, 2013
Laila Brenner, Michael Garcia v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant May 11, 2013
Kim Nelson v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Municipal Railway Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 22, 2012
Fred Broussard v. Joseph McCloskey, Ryan Jones, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Dec. 1, 2012
Julio Calero, et al. v. Colin Construction Co., a business entity; City and County of San Francisco, a Municipal corporation, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 3, 2011
Stephanie Ann Davis, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 5, 2011
Ben H. Lyon, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, a public entity, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 5, 2011
Alma Del Bosque v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 12, 2011
Damien Richardson v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 30, 2010
Jin Yang Kim v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 23, 2010
Mary Ellen McFadden v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 23, 2010
Victoria Rampola Long, Christine Rampola v. Joann Stamps, City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 19, 2009
Brandon Smith v. San Francisco Unified School District, Kenneth Hightower Torts Defendant May 9, 2009
Steven A. Walker v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 22, 2008
Lennart Bastian, by and through his Guardians Ad Litem, Boris Bastian and Kerstin Bastian v. San Francisco Unified School District, Leslie Trook , Judy Huey, Moss Beach Homes and Does 2-50 Personal Injury Defendant May 10, 2008
City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation v. Unnamed Trucking Corp., John Doe Workers' Compensation Plaintiff Mar. 29, 2008
Zachery Duffy v. San Francisco Police Department Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 22, 2008
Jennifer Nguyen v. San Francisco Unified School District Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 15, 2008
Wendy Farnsworth v. David Tint, Lawrence Tint Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 16, 2005
Barry Pierce, Carol Pierce v. Golden Gate Bridge Highway Transportation District, Carol Pelz, Eleanor Pelz Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 14, 2005
Ezell Carter, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit v. Laurie Slez Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 24, 2004
Rosario Tovar v. Sara Brown Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 30, 2003
Julie Hagan v. Walter Miranda Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 12, 2003
Ramon Rosa v. Shira Lynn Shore Personal Injury (Vehicular) Defendant May 13, 2000
Case Name Topic Role Published
Charles Heard v. Damon Jackson, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Aug. 23, 2024
Mei Yu Lin v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 26, 2024
Jose Chavarria v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 15, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 25, 2023
John LaSalle v. City and County of San Francisco, Frederick Gonzales, and Does 1 to 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 24, 2023
Aliitasi T. Alapati v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 17, 2023
Michael Petersen v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 10, 2023
Phris M. Keaton v. Garret Edwards, San Francisco Sheriff's Office, City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 10, 2023
Maurice Caldwell v. City of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Kitt Crenshaw, Arthur Gerrans, James Crowley, and Does 1-10, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Oct. 15, 2021
Jeffrey McElroy v. City and County of San Francisco, Sterling Hayes, individually and in his capacity as a San Francisco Police Officer; and Michael Marcic, individually and in his capacity as a San Francisco Police Officer Civil Rights Defendant Jun. 25, 2021
Luis Angel Garcia Valencia v. City of San Francisco, County of San Francisco, Michael Joseph Callahan, an individual, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 2, 2021
Oliver Barcenas and Sofia Barcenas v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Joshua Cabillo, Officer, San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1-60, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Sep. 18, 2020
Brian Soo v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 4, 2020
Margaret Hardgrave v. Ramallah Club Inc., City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 - 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 28, 2020
Rosa Rivera Keel v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 17, 2020
Gregory Saputelli v. Richard Schumacher, Nancy Schumacher, Noel Finnerty, Finnerty Plumbing, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 to 50 Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 24, 2020
Gwendolyn Woods, individually and as Successor in Interest to Decedent Mario Woods v. City and County of San Francisco; Charles August, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Nicholas Cuevas, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Winson Seto, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Antonio Santos, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; Scott Phillips, Police Officer for the City and County of San Francisco; and Does 1-50, individually and in their official capacities as Police Officers for the City and County of San Francisco Civil Rights Defendant Oct. 11, 2019
Joseph Alvarado v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 5, 2019
Brandon Simpson v. City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation; John Fergus, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Thomas Buckley, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Elizabeth Morse, individually and in her capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; Andrew Clifford, individually and in his capacity as a City of San Francisco Police Officer; and Does 1 - 50, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Apr. 19, 2019
Meridith Schreier v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1-50 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 15, 2017
Suzanne Davis-Hornby v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 11, 2017
Gary Richard Lawman By and Through His Guardian Ad Litem Richard De Villiers v. City and County of San Francisco, Phillip M. Gordon, Glen Paul Minioza, Brian W. Kneuker, Carlos Gutierrez, Craig F. Torn, Patrick F. Pene, Julio C. Palencia, Andrew N. Brown, Paul E. Rapicavoli, Matthew M. O'Shea, Michael Hennessey, Greg Suhr, Roel L. Lapitan and Frank Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 4, 2017
Lisa Owen v. City and County of San Francisco; San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco Parks Alliance, Palace of Fine Arts League Inc., Maybeck Foundation Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 18, 2016
Ying Zhang, Chen Li v. City and County of San Francisco, Gina Eunice, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 18, 2016
Tracy Starr v. Fun Wah Auyang, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Apr. 16, 2016
William Leon Marotz v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco City Attorney's Office, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Investigator Brian Cauley Torts Defendant Mar. 5, 2016
Denise Green v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Ja Han Kim, Sergeant; Esparza, Officer; Pedersen, Officer Civil Rights Defendant Nov. 14, 2015
Brynn K. Stoll, individually by and through her Guardians ad Litem, Barbara J. Stoll and Michael R. Stoll v. City and County of San Francisco; Andre Stephen Richardson; State of California; California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), and Does 1 through 100, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 18, 2015
Eduardo Enrique Alegrett v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr, Matthew Sullivan, and Does 1 through 200, jointly and severally Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 14, 2015
Sean Alexander Hold v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, Greg Suhr, Luis P. DeJesus, Ryan Doherty, Scott Ryan, Stephen Jonas, Ferdinand Dimapasoc, Brendan Caraway, Jose Macias, Officer Ivanov, Joseph Salazar, Joshua D. Hinds, and Does 1 through 100, jointly and severally Civil Rights Defendant Feb. 7, 2015
Earl Brown Sr., individually and as personal representative of the Estate of decedent Earl Brown Jr.; Helen Brown, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of decedent Earl Brown Jr. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Civil Rights Defendant Dec. 6, 2014
Patricia MacDonald v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 10, as individuals, and Does 11 through 25, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 9, 2014
David J. Pryor aka Latiya Pryor v. Tequisha Curley Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 1, 2014
Yekaterina Gayza v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Unified School District Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 1, 2014
Clifford Balgos v. Winona Delgadillo, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 14, 2013
Jesse J. Byrd, Malik Britt, Rashad Conley v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Police Department, and Does 1 through 20 Civil Rights Defendant Aug. 31, 2013
Laila Brenner, Michael Garcia v. City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 50, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant May 11, 2013
Kim Nelson v. City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Municipal Railway Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 22, 2012
Fred Broussard v. Joseph McCloskey, Ryan Jones, City and County of San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20, inclusive Civil Rights Defendant Dec. 1, 2012
Julio Calero, et al. v. Colin Construction Co., a business entity; City and County of San Francisco, a Municipal corporation, and Does 1 through 25 Personal Injury Defendant Dec. 3, 2011
Stephanie Ann Davis, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al. Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 5, 2011
Ben H. Lyon, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, a public entity, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 5, 2011
Alma Del Bosque v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Feb. 12, 2011
Damien Richardson v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 30, 2010
Jin Yang Kim v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 23, 2010
Mary Ellen McFadden v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Jan. 23, 2010
Victoria Rampola Long, Christine Rampola v. Joann Stamps, City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 19, 2009
Brandon Smith v. San Francisco Unified School District, Kenneth Hightower Torts Defendant May 9, 2009
Steven A. Walker v. City and County of San Francisco Personal Injury Defendant Nov. 22, 2008
Lennart Bastian, by and through his Guardians Ad Litem, Boris Bastian and Kerstin Bastian v. San Francisco Unified School District, Leslie Trook , Judy Huey, Moss Beach Homes and Does 2-50 Personal Injury Defendant May 10, 2008
City and County of San Francisco, a municipal corporation v. Unnamed Trucking Corp., John Doe Workers' Compensation Plaintiff Mar. 29, 2008
Zachery Duffy v. San Francisco Police Department Civil Rights Defendant Mar. 22, 2008
Jennifer Nguyen v. San Francisco Unified School District Personal Injury Defendant Mar. 15, 2008
Wendy Farnsworth v. David Tint, Lawrence Tint Personal Injury Defendant Jul. 16, 2005
Barry Pierce, Carol Pierce v. Golden Gate Bridge Highway Transportation District, Carol Pelz, Eleanor Pelz Personal Injury Defendant Jun. 14, 2005
Ezell Carter, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit v. Laurie Slez Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 24, 2004
Rosario Tovar v. Sara Brown Personal Injury Defendant Sep. 30, 2003
Julie Hagan v. Walter Miranda Personal Injury Defendant Aug. 12, 2003
Ramon Rosa v. Shira Lynn Shore Personal Injury (Vehicular) Defendant May 13, 2000