Background
Handzlik, Jan Lawrence was born on September 21, 1945 in New York City. Son of Felix Munso and Anna Jean Handzlik.
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Jan Lawrence Lawrence Handzlik
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University of Southern California (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of California at Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Kirkland & Ellis (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California. Law Clerk to the Honorary Francis C. Whelan, United States.
District Court, Central District of California, 1970-1971. Assistant United States. Attorney, Criminal Division, 1971-1976 and Fraud and Special Prosecutions Unit, 1974-1976, Central District of California.
Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1983-1985. Counsel, Independent Christopher Commission study of the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991. Deputy General Counsel to Honorary William H. Webster, Special Advisor to the Los Angeles Police Commission for the investigation into LAPD's response to urban disorders, 1992.
Member, District Attorney's Advisory Committee, 1994. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, DOJ Alert, 1994. Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Committees on Federal Courts, 1988.
Chair, Criminal Practice Subcommittee, 1989-1990. Federal Appointments Evaluation, 1989-1993. White Collar Crime, 1991.
Member, Executive Committee, 1991), Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Criminal Justice. Member, White Collar Crime Committee, Co-Chair, Securities Fraud Subcommittee, 1994, Vice Chair, California Regional White Collar Crime Committee, 1992-1996. Chairman, 1996; Litigation.
Member, Criminal Litigation Committee, 1989) Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
Achievements
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Bar: California 1971, United States District Court (central district) California 1971, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1971, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1975, United States Tax Court 1979, United States District Court (northern district) California 1979, United States District Court (eastern district) California 1981, United States District Court (southern district) California 1982, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1984, United States Court International Trade 1984.
Membership
Board of directors Friends of Child Advisers, Los Angeles, 1987-1991, Inner City Law Center, Los Angeles, since 1993. Member board judges National and California Moot Court Competition Teams, University of California at Los Angeles Moot Court honors program Member American Bar Association (section criminal justice national commission on white collar crime since 1991, vice-chair since 1998, co-chair securities fraud subcommittee 1994-1998, west coast white collar crime committee, Executive Committee since 1993, vice-chair 1994-1996, chair 1996-1998, member section litigation, criminal litigation committee since 1989), Federal Bar Association, State Bar California (sections on criminal law and litigation), Los Angeles County Bar Association (member Executive Committee criminal justice section since 1997, committees on federal courts since 1988, chair criminal practice subcommittee 1989-1990, federal appointments evaluation 1989-1993, white collar crime committee 1991-1997,Executive Committee 1991-1997), National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Connections
Children: Grant, Craig, Anna.
