About John A. Messina
John A. Messina Jr. built a profession that crosses public safety, tribal courtroom work and private regulation practice. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from the University of Redlands in 1982 and went directly to obtain his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 1993. Those credentials set the stage for an expert lifestyles that blends legal proceedings, regulatory matters and community service.
He began his public-safety profession in Orange County and rose through ranks that ran parallel to his legal development. In 2001 he used to be a Reserve Captain with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, a position that positioned him in operational and management positions inside law enforcement. In 2009 he took on a judicial position as an Associate Judge of the Intertribal Court of Southern California, handling matters introduced before that court and dealing inside tribal legal processes.
In the private sector Messina became to company leadership. He used to be a founding partner of Lytton Williams Messina & Hankin LLP in 2012 and later helped set up Messina & Hankin LLP in 2016. Those moves mark a steady progression into roles where case management, firm management and client counseling converge. His practice operates out of offices in Temecula Valley and Newport Beach, maintaining a presence in Southern California.
Professionally he's licensed to practice in California and before federal courts which includes the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Circuit. He additionally holds a license as a real property broker thru the California Bureau of Real Estate, a credential that complements legal work involving estate and transactional matters.
Messina has stored a lively position in bar and civic organizations. He has been a member of the Federal Bar Association since 2013 and serves as a Master of the Bench in the Southwest Inn of Court beginning the same yr. He has led the Orange County Reserve Peace Officers Association as its president since 2009 and has been at the board of Coastal Family Therapy since 2002. His long-operating connection to community youth work is reflected in board service with the City of Industry Sheriff’s Station Youth Activities League since 1994. Earlier in his profession he served as general counsel to the National Latino Peace Officers Association from 1994 to 2004.
The arc of his profession indicates overlapping commitments: public protection, tribal adjudication, company leadership and community engagement. He continues to practice through Messina & Hankin LLP, dividing time amongst litigation, actual estate-related things and public-safety related legal issues, and maintains workplaces in Temecula Valley and Newport Beach.
His current practice makes a speciality of litigation, actual property things and legal matters connected to public protection and tribal courts.
