Mr John Paul Hanna
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John Paul Hanna | Palo Alto Real Estate Lawyer
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525 Middlefeild Road
Suite 210
West Menlo Park, CA 94025
Office Hours
Monday - Friday8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Hanna & Van Atta
About John
John Paul Hanna is one of the leading land use lawyers in California, experienced in developing, buying, selling, subdividing, financing, leasing, construction, common interest developments, resort communities, permitting, entitlements, conversions, and dealing with city and county staffs, planning commissions, councils, boards of supervisors and with such state agencies as the Department of Real Estate and the Department of Social Services.
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.
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
Partner
Hanna & Van Atta
Present
Palo Alto, CA
Admission
California
1960
Education
Stanford University
Bachelors
1954
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Member | American College of Real Estate Lawyers
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Member | College of Community Association Lawyers
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Member | Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO) (Member of Legal Resource Panel)
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Member | Real Property, Probate Trust Law Section of American Bar Association
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Member | Common Interest Subdivision Committee of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of California
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Member | Common Interest Committee of American College of Real Estate Lawyers
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Member | Community Associations Institute (CAI)
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Member | Home Builders Association (HBA) (Board of Directors of South Bay)
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Member | Urban Land Institute (ULI)
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Selected as outstanding young man of Palo Alto by Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Selected as one of five outstanding young men of California by Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Bohemian Club
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Elks Club
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Kiwanis Club (President, Palo Alto)
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Menlo Circus Club
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Department of Real Estate Building Industry Association Committee (Co-Founder)
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Captain | United States Army Reserve (Airborne) (Ret.)
Honors / Awards
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MARQUIS WHO’S WHO TOP LAWYERS
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America’s Most Honored Professional
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
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AVVO Top Rated Lawyer
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Best Lawyers in America
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Top Attorneys in Northern California
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Best Lawyers in California
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Best Lawyer in California First Tier
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Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year in Northern California2018
Notable Work
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
Additional Info
Hanna & Van Atta Highlights
Real Estate, Litigation, Consumer Protection, Employee Rights, Immigration
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1
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Languages:
English
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