James Hedrick Harmon, Retired Judge

Education/Professional Background

B.A. in History from USC in 1962. J.D. from USC in 1965. Riverside County deputy county counsel from 1967 to 1968. Imperial County County Counsel from 1968 through 1983. Private practice with Byrd, Sturdevant, Harmon & Pace in El Centro, Ca. from 1983 to 1988. Elected to the California Superior Court in 1988. Retired from the bench in 2003.

Personal

Married to Angie Harmon in 2001 at Laguna Beach Presbysterian Church. Father of three duaghters. We currently live in the Newport/Costa Mesa, CA. Members of Mariners Church. Newport/Irvine Trojan Club. Sigma Chi Fraternity Alumni Club.

Bar Admissions:

California 1966 and United States Supreme Court 1977

Education

University of Southern California, 1965
J.D.

University of Southern California, 1962
B.A.
Major: History

Honors and Awards

Elected to the California Superior Court, 1988

Published writings

"A Former County Counsel's Collection of Cases and Controversies" self published 2008

Published Cases

Quechan Tribe of Indians vs. Raymond Rowe, et al. (1976) 531 F2d 408.
Turner vs Calexico Board of Trustees (1976) 16 Cal 3d 818
IT Corp. vs County of Imperial (1983) 35 Cal 3d 63
Corenevsky vs Titsworth (1984) 36 Cal 3d 307
County of Imperila vs McDougal (1977) 19 Cal 3d 505
County of Imperial vs Munoz (1980) 449 U.S. 54 - Argued before the US Supreme Court