The DJ's latest appellate justice profile is 5th District Justice Donald Franson's roots run deep in Fresno legal community -- A third-generation judicial officer, Justice Donald R. Franson Jr. reflects on his path to the 5th District Court of Appeal, his father's influence and a career rooted in Fresno's legal community.
The Fresno region abounds with multigenerational farming families, but Justice Donald R. Franson Jr. has a rarer distinction: He is a third-generation judicial officer and a second-generation justice. His maternal grandfather was the late Samuel Hollins, who served as a federal commissioner and bankruptcy referee in the 1920s and 1930s--roles that preceded modern bankruptcy judges. But it is his late father, Justice Donald R. Franson Sr., who looms over his career--literally. A large bronze bust of the elder Franson presides over a conference room steps from his son's office.
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