[1] He remained in that job until enrolling for service in the United States Navy during World War II.
That continued until February 1949, when he was appointed a civil court judge in Milwaukee, succeeding Ted E. Wedemeyer Sr.
[2] In 1952, Milwaukee County circuit court judge Otto Breidenbach announced he would not seek re-election in 1953 and would retire after 30 years on the bench.
Hanley was one of three candidates who jumped into the race to succeed him, with his main rival being fellow civil judge Myron L.
[8] Hanley retired in 1978, at the end of his ten-year term, but remained active in courts around the state for several years afterward as a reserve judge.
As a reserve judge, he oversaw a consequential investigation into corruption in the Milwaukee County sheriff's office.