About Theodore M.
Theodore M. Hankin earned both his undergraduate and law degrees in the mid-1970s. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in economics in 1974 and received his J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco the same year. That combination of law and economics shaped the early contours of his professional life.
He began practicing law in the late 1970s. Records show he was working as a lawyer by 1977. Shortly after, in 1978, he obtained certification as a Certified Public Accountant in California; that CPA credential is now retired. The sequence is notable: legal training followed quickly by accounting qualification, giving him technical grounding in both fields.
Hankin is admitted in California and in multiple federal courts across the state. His admissions include the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California, in addition to the California state bar. Those admissions permit him to handle matters that arise in a variety of trial forums.
Over the years he has maintained membership in several professional organizations. He holds current memberships in the State Bar of California, the Orange County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is also listed with the American Association of Lawyer-Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, reflecting his dual legal and accounting background.
Colleagues and clients have encountered Hankin in matters where legal questions intersect with numbers. His training in economics, a law degree, and a CPA credential have given him tools for work that requires both forms of analysis. He has been involved in practice that draws on federal and state procedure, tax and finance-related topics, and the kinds of disputes where accounting detail matters to legal outcomes.
He has practiced through changing regulatory and economic environments, adapting how those two professions interact. He has not been described here as holding an academic post or a public office, and no specific firm affiliation is listed. He remains connected to the bar and accounting organizations identified above.
His current practice emphasizes matters that intersect law and accounting, and he continues to handle cases in California state and federal courts.
