The Honorable Sheila Hanson was elected to the Orange County Superior Court in 2006, and was subsequently appointed to begin serving her term immediately. She currently presides over a felony jury trial calendar, having previously served as the Supervising Judge of the North Justice Center from 2009-2012. She is currently the Chair of the Orange County Superior Courts Technology Committee and is the Chairperson of the Executive Board overseeing the implementation of a new case management system for the courts juvenile and family law cases. She has previously served on her courts Executive Committee, Integrated Law and Justice sub-Committee, Supervising Judges Committee, Facilities Committee, Small Claims Arbitration and Mediation Administration Committee and Family Violence Coordination Committee. She is a member of the Information Technology Advisory Committee to the California Judicial Council and also serves on the Executive Board of the California Judges Association. Previously, Judge Hanson who graduated from Western State University College of Law, was a Senior Deputy District Attorney for the County of Orange having been a Deputy District Attorney for over 17 years.