John Paul Hanna | Palo Alto Real Estate Lawyer
John Paul Hanna
Real Estate, Residential Real Estate, Condominiums
- Law Office: Hanna & Van Atta
- Law School: Stanford Law School, J.D. 1959
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introduction
Mr. Hanna has been selected in Best Lawyers, Who’s Who in America, San Francisco’s Best Lawyers, and Silicon Valley’s Best Lawyers. Mr. Hanna has represented clients and obtained entitlements such as tentative and final subdivision maps, condominium plans, and public reports for over 1,200 projects (residential, commercial, and mixed-use) including more than 35,000 condominium units and over 22,000 planned development lots.
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Experience
Position | Organization | Location | Duration |
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Partner | Hanna & Van Atta | Palo Alto, CA | Present |
Education
School | Degree | Major | Graduation |
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Stanford Law School | J.D. | Law School | 1959 |
Stanford University | Bachelors | 1954 |
Admission
State / Court | Date |
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California | 1960 |
Associations
- Member | American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Member | College of Community Association Lawyers
Member | Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO) (Member of Legal Resource Panel)
Member | Real Property, Probate Trust Law Section of American Bar Association
Member | Common Interest Subdivision Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
Member | Common Interest Committee of American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Member | Community Associations Institute (CAI)
Member | Home Builders Association (HBA) (Board of Directors of South Bay)
Member | Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Selected as outstanding young man of Palo Alto by Junior Chamber of Commerce
Selected as one of five outstanding young men of California by Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bohemian Club
Elks Club
Kiwanis Club (President, Palo Alto)
Menlo Circus Club
Department of Real Estate Building Industry Association Committee (Co-Founder)
Captain | United States Army Reserve (Airborne) (Ret.)
Honors & Awards
- MARQUIS WHO’S WHO TOP LAWYERS
America’s Most Honored Professional
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
AVVO Top Rated Lawyer
Best Lawyers in America
Top Attorneys in Northern California
Best Lawyers in California
Best Lawyer in California First Tier
Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year in Northern California- 2018
Cases
Representative Clients
Analog Devices, Inc.; Avalon Bay Communities; California Academy of Sciences; Centex Homes; Classic Communities, Inc.; Creekbridge Development; DKB Homes; Diablo Grande Limited Partnership; D.R. Horton; Federal Realty Investment Trust; Goldman Sachs; Habitat for Humanity; Keenan Land Co.; Legacy Partners; Lincoln Property Co.; Lucile Packard Foundation; Millennium Partners; Pacific Peninsula Group; Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Peery-Arrillaga; Pinn Bros. Constr. Inc.; Promethens Development; Prudential Insurance Company; Rancho San Antonio Retirement Housing Corp. (Continuing Care Retirement Community); SAP Labs, Inc.; Sares-Regis; Shea Homes; Silverwing Development; Sobrato Development Co.; Standard Pacific (Northern California); Summerhill Homes, LLC; Taylor Woodrow Homes; Union Bank; Venture Corp.
Publications
- Books Written
Teenagers and the Law (forward by Bayless Manning, Dean, Stanford Law School)
Youth and the Law (First Publication of Palo Alto Unified School District)
The Complete Layman’s Guide to the Law (forward by Justice Tom Clark)
California Condominium Handbook (published by Bancroft Whitney Company)
California Condominium Handbook II, Law and Practice (published by Bancroft Whitney Company)
Homeowners Associations: A How To Guide For Leadership and Effective Participation (published by Hanna Press) (translated into Chinese and published in China by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)
Hanna and Van Atta on California Common Interest Developments (published by West)
Articles Written
“The Fourth District Strikes Again,” – Real Property Law Reporter (Vol 34/Number 4, July 2011)
“Amending Association Documents,” The ECHO (June, 2000)
“Requirements for Records and Reports,” The ECHO (October, 1993)
“Fannie Mae Updates Her Guide for Condominiums and Other Common Interest Developments,” CEB Real Property Law Reporter (August, 1993)
“Current Condominium Practice Problems,” Pepperdine Law Review (1976)
“Subdivisions: Conditions Imposed by Local Government,” Santa Clara Lawyers (Spring, 1966)
“Protecting Builders’ Rights,” The Voice of the Homebuilding Industry (December, 1964)
“Compulsory Dedication of Subdivision Land May Be Illegal,” California Builder (August, 1964)
“The Land of Aas, or, Dorothy, We’re not in Kansas Anymore, ” California Real Property Journal (Vol. 32, No. 2, 2014)
Office Hours
Sun. | Mon. | Tue. | Wed. | Thu. | Fri. | Sat. |
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8:00 am - 6:00 pm | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
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Verified Credentials | Date Verified |
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(1960) Licensed as Attorney in California. Verified with California Bar Association. | October 08, 2020 |
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Language: English
Update Date: 2019-05-13
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