Hal Stratton

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Hal Stratton, Jr.
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8th Chairman of the Consumer Products Safety Commission
In office
July 25, 2002 July 15, 2006

During his last semester in law school, Stratton worked for the Oklahoma City Municipal Counselor's Office where he prosecuted DUI cases on behalf of the city and tried two jury trials. After graduating from law school, Stratton moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1977 and joined the law firm, Coors, Singer and Broullire as an associate. In 1984, Stratton and former state senator, Mickey Barnett, formed the law firm of Stratton & Barnett, which existed until 1987 when Stratton assumed the position of New Mexico Attorney General. After leaving the New Mexico Attorney General's office in 1991, Stratton formed a law firm of Stratton & Cavin with partner Sealy Cavin, which existed until 2002 prior to Stratton's departure to become chairman of the CPSC.

After leaving the CPSC in 2006, Stratton joined the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm, Dykema Gossett, where he practiced until April 2008. He then returned to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to join the Albuquerque office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where he now practices.

Stratton is a member of the New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and District of Columbia bars. He is also admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court as well as a number of federal appellate and district courts.

Stratton also served as an adjunct professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law, where he taught a law course he created, State Attorneys General: History, Powers and Responsibilities.

Hal now works as a sole practitioner and consultant at his own firm of Hal Stratton Law and Consulting, LLC located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Public appearances

During the course of his career Stratton has made scores of television appearances on news programs on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC and PBS and their local affiliates. He has given over one hundred keynote speeches and seminars in English and Spanish in over 11 countries and 35 states, and written articles and publications on legal, legislative, and regulatory issues.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas H. Moore
(acting)
Chairman of the Consumer Products Safety Commission
2002–2006
Succeeded by
Nancy Nord
(acting)
Preceded by
Ann Brown
Commissioner of the Consumer Products Safety Commission
2002–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Attorney General of New Mexico
1987–1991
Succeeded by