Tony Rackauckas was born in the family of Mexican-American Maria Socorro Limon and Anthony Joseph Rackauckas, whose family had arrived from Lithuania.
11 Facts About Tony Rackauckas
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Tony Rackauckas served in the United States Army as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division from 1962 to 1964.
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Tony Rackauckas graduated from Loyola in 1971, earning his Juris Doctor degree.
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In 1972, Tony Rackauckas left the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services to become a Deputy District Attorney in the Orange County District Attorney's Office, where he served until leaving in 1988 to enter private practice.
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Tony Rackauckas left private practice in 1990 when he was appointed by California Governor George Deukmejian to be a municipal court judge.
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Tony Rackauckas served as a municipal court judge until March 1993, when Governor Pete Wilson appointed him a Superior Court judge, a post in which he served until becoming District Attorney of Orange County.
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In February 2014, Tony Rackauckas filed documents required to seek a fifth term in office.
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Tony Rackauckas raised $419,000 during a fundraiser at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach for his re-election campaign.
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Tony Rackauckas has been criticized by Public Defender Scott Sanders for his office's purported mishandling of jailhouse informants which has created difficulties in convicting and sentencing defendants due to the violations of defendants' constitutional rights.
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On November 6,2018, Tony Rackauckas was defeated by Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer in a runoff.
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In January 2019, Tony Rackauckas opened a law office in Tustin, focusing on transactional law and civil litigation.