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Leonard Hanser
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Leonard Hanser was a county judge in the Criminal Division of the Palm Beach County Court of Florida. He was appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist on Dec. 1, 2009 to replace Joseph Marx.[1] He retired from the court effective February 28, 2022.[2]
Education
Hanser received his B.A. degree (Political Science) from the University of Florida in 1974 and his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977.[3]
Career
- 2009-2022 Judge, Palm Beach County Court
- 1993-2009 General Master/Magistrate, 15th Judcial Circuit
- 1989-993 Sole practitioner
- 1982-1989 Attorney, Mitchell, Hanser & Schwartz; Mitchell, Hanser, Schwartz & Winkler; and Mitchell, Hanser & Winkler, respectively
- 1978-1982 Sole practitioner
- 1977-1978 Associate attorney, Levy, Pilsco, Perry, Shapiro, Keen & Kingcade[1][3]
Elections
2012
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
Hanser was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the Nov. 6, 2012 general election.[4][5]
Noteworthy cases
State of Florida v. Robert Kraft
Judge Leonard Hanser threw out a video presented as evidence in State of Florida v. Robert Kraft on May 13, 2019. The video allegedly showed NFL Patriots team owner Robert Kraft paying for sex at a spa in Florida. Hanser did not allow the video to be used for evidence in the case because it also showed other men and women coming into the spa for legal transactions.[6]
“The fact that some totally innocent women and men had their entire lawful time spent in a massage room fully recorded and viewed intermittently by a detective-monitor is unacceptable,” Hanser wrote.[7]
See also
External links
- Florida Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, "Judicial Directory"
- The Florida Bar News, "18 jurists to face retention elections, 72 races set for the trial court ballot" May 15, 2012
- Palm Beach Bar Association, "Judicial Profile-Leonard Hanser," November 1994
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Towns - Tallahassee, "Governor Crist Appoints Leonard Hanser to Palm Beach County Court," December 2, 2009
- ↑ The County Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, "Letter of Retirement," accessed July 13, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida, "Hon. Leonard Hanser biography"
- ↑ Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections: Candidates For 2012 Election Cycle
- ↑ Florida judicial elections, 2012 - County Court
- ↑ Boston Herald, "Big win for Robert Kraft as judge tosses massage parlor video," May 13, 2019
- ↑ Scribd, "Spa video tossed in Robert Kraft's case," accessed May 14, 2019
