A graduate of the George Washington University National Law Center (Washington, D.C.), Mr. Hodson is a retired Air Force judge advocate with extensive trial experience. He serves various charitable and professional organizations, including the State Bar of California's Family Law Executive Committee and the Salvation Army's Advisory Board. This Certified Family Law Specialist represents family law litigants and accepts cases as mediator, arbitrator, special master, private judge, and minor's counsel. He has been Solano County Superior Court Judge pro tem and taught at several colleges and universities. He enjoys his two teenage sons and power boating.