McGeorge School of Law alumnus serves as president of Pacific Alumni Association

Feb 09, 2024
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The Hon. Allan Hardcastle is a double tiger. He聽received a undergraduate degree from the College of the Pacific in 1977 and a JD degree from McGeorge School of Law in 1979.

As a first-generation college student, the Hon. Allan聽Hardcastle聽'77, '79 has never forgotten the impact the 糖心vlog had on him. That experience is what now drives him to serve as president of the Pacific Alumni Association Board of Directors, volunteer in the admission office to recruit incoming students, and serve as a judge for McGeorge School of Law's courses.

"I give my time to Pacific out of a sense of gratitude for the university taking a chance on a skinny kid from the Central Valley,"聽Hardcastle聽explained. "Pacific gave me the opportunity to go to college. I can never repay that. I want future students to have the same opportunities and experiences I received."

Hardcastle聽received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Pacific in 1977 and his JD from in 1979.

Following law school,聽Hardcastle聽joined the Army Judge Advocate General Corps and served as a criminal trial counsel and defense counsel at Fort Benning in Georgia.

He later joined the law firm Geary, Shea, O'Donnell, Grattan & Mitchell as an associate attorney before establishing Babin, Seeger and聽Hardcastle聽with two colleagues in 1986.

In 1997,聽Hardcastle聽was appointed to be a judge of the Superior Court of Sonoma County where he served until his retirement in 2020.聽

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