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A Vietnam veteran, Harmon joined the Alameda district attorney's office in 1974 after graduating from the University of San Francisco School of Law. While he relishes trial work, his first passion is his family. Every weekend, he takes his three young children to a local swimming pool, armed with towels and a cooler full of lunches.

Harmon is also a fitness fanatic who works out daily at the gym and spends his lunch hour doing a couple of quick laps around Lake Merritt, next to the Oakland courthouse. During his stint in the Simpson trial, he has managed to squeeze in a morning run before his day in the courtroom. A prosecutor for 20 years, Harmon has spent the past eight specializing in the use of DNA as evidence in the courtroom, and he has established himself as one of the leading experts in the field. Under a special arrangement, the Alameda County prosecutor is on loan to the Los Angeles district attorney's office (SFGate).