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BAR ASSOCIATION

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http://www.calbar.org/

Founding Date:
1927

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arthur L. Alarcon
Judge
14-Aug-1925 28-Jan-2015 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-92
Brent R. Appel
Judge
c. 1951   Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
H. Jesse Arnelle
Attorney
30-Dec-1933   Partner, Arnelle & Hastie
Donald B. Ayer
Attorney
30-Apr-1949   Partner, Jones Day
Mitchell Baker
Activist
c. 1957   Mozilla Foundation
Marvin R. Baxter
Judge
9-Jan-1940   Justice, California Supreme Court
Carlos T. Bea
Judge
18-Apr-1934   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Riley P. Bechtel
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Bechtel
Anthony Beilenson
Politician
26-Oct-1932   Congressman from California, 1977-97
Charles H. Bell, Jr.
Government
c. 1946   Republican National Lawyers Association
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Bruce Bennett
Attorney
3-Oct-1958   Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman
Marsha S. Berzon
Judge
17-Apr-1945   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tony Blankley
Pundit
21-Jan-1948 7-Jan-2012 McLaughlin Group pundit
Robert C. Bonner
Government
29-Jan-1942   Commissioner, US Customs Service, 2001-05
Douglas H. Bosco
Politician
28-Jul-1946   Congressman from California, 1983-91
Debra Bowen
Politician
27-Oct-1955   California Secretary of State
Fletcher Bowron
Politician
13-Aug-1887 11-Sep-1968 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53
Janice Rogers Brown
Judge
11-May-1949   US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit
Jerry Brown
Politician
7-Apr-1938   Governor of California
Pat Brown
Politician
21-Apr-1905 16-Feb-1996 Governor of California, 1959-67
Alexander O. Bryner
Judge
1943   Alaska Chief Justice, 2003-06
Louis Caldera
Government
1-Apr-1956   US Secretary of the Army, 1998-2001
Consuelo M. Callahan
Judge
9-Jun-1950   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dave Camp
Politician
9-Jul-1953   Congressman, Michigan 4th
Roel C. Campos
Government
1949   Securities and Exchange Commission
Walter L. Carpeneti
Judge
1-Dec-1945   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Erwin Chemerinsky
Scholar
14-May-1953   Legal Scholar
Ming W. Chin
Judge
31-Aug-1942   Justice, California Supreme Court
Marcia Clark
Attorney
31-Aug-1953   Former O.J. prosecutor
Jeff Cohen
Pundit
?   Fox News Watch
Michael Crapo
Politician
20-May-1951   US Senator from Idaho
Arthur Culvahouse
Government
4-Jul-1948   White House Counsel, 1987-89
William E. Dannemeyer
Politician
22-Sep-1929   Congressman from California, 1979-93
Robert E. Denham
Attorney
27-Aug-1945   Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Bobby Diamond
Actor
23-Aug-1943   Joey Newton on Fury
Sara Diamond
Sociologist
28-Nov-1958   Spiritual Warfare
Sheridan Downey
Politician
11-Mar-1884 25-Oct-1961 US Senator from California, 1939-50
Robert D. Durham
Judge
c. 1947   Justice, Oregon Supreme Court
Larry EchoHawk
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
John A. Elston
Politician
10-Feb-1874 15-Dec-1921 US Congressman from California, 1915-21
Clair Engle
Politician
21-Sep-1911 30-Jul-1964 US Senator from California, 1959-64
Ralph E. Erickson
Attorney
3-Oct-1928   Deputy US Attorney General, 1972-73
Ferdinand F. Fernandez
Judge
29-May-1937   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2002
Russell J. Frackman
Attorney
c. 1945   RIAA, MPAA Attorney
David B. Frohnmayer
Politician
9-Jul-1940 9-Mar-2015 President, University of Oregon, 1994-2009
Frederick P. Furth
Attorney
12-Apr-1934   Partner, The Furth Firm
Ronald M. George
Judge
11-Mar-1940   California Chief Justice
Mark Geragos
Attorney
5-Oct-1957   High-profile defense attorney
Mike Godwin
Attorney
26-Oct-1956   Former General Counsel, Wikimedia
Jennifer Granick
Attorney
1969   Cyber lawyer
William E. Green
Attorney
c. 1936   William Green & Associates
Cheryl W. Grise
Business
c. 1953   Northeast Utilities senior executive
Joseph A. Grundfest
Attorney
8-Sep-1951   Stanford law professor
Anne Gust
Attorney
15-Mar-1958   Wife of Jerry Brown
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
John D. Hardy, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1944   O'Melveny & Myers
Maryellen C. Herringer
Attorney
c. 1944   Former Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Hugh Hewitt
Radio Personality
22-Feb-1956   Conservative talk radio show
Carla Hills
Diplomat
3-Jan-1934   US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Craig Hosmer
Politician
6-May-1915 11-Oct-1982 Congressman from California, 1953-74
Shirley Hufstedler
Judge
24-Aug-1925   US Secretary of Education, 1979-81
Reed E. Hundt
Business
3-Mar-1948   FCC Chairman, 1993-97
Duncan Hunter
Politician
31-May-1948   Congressman from California, 1981-2009
Sandra S. Ikuta
Judge
24-Jun-1954   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gary N. Jacobs
Business
12-Jul-1945   General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Kevin James
Radio Personality
1963   Conservative talk radio host
D. Lowell Jensen
Attorney
3-Jun-1928   Associate US Attorney General, 1983-85
Burton Joseph
Attorney
23-May-1930 31-Mar-2010 First Amendment lawyer
Stephen F. Keller
Business
c. 1937   Former Los Angeles attorney
Parker S. Kennedy
Business
c. 1948   CEO of First American Corporation
Douglas W. Kmiec
Scholar
24-Sep-1951   US Ambassador to Malta
Marjorie Knoller
Criminal
c. 1946   Presa Canario enthusiast
Gary Kreep
Activist
c. 1950   United States Justice Foundation
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Politician
4-Sep-1926   Congressman from California, 1974-93
Daniel B. Levin
Government
4-Mar-1956   Justice Department attorney
Harvey Levin
TV Personality
2-Sep-1951   Prince of the paparazzi
Mel Levine
Politician
7-Jun-1943   Congressman from California, 1983-93
Carol Platt Liebau
Pundit
13-Feb-1967   Prude
James K. Logan
Judge
21-Aug-1929   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94
Dan Lungren
Politician
22-Sep-1946   Congressman, California 3rd
Charles T. Manatt
Attorney
9-Jun-1936 22-Jul-2011 DNC Chairman, 1981-85
David H. Martin
Activist
?   Founder, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
Joseph McKenna
Judge
10-Aug-1843 21-Nov-1926 US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925
Robert E. Mellor
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Building Materials Holding
George Miller
Politician
17-May-1945   Congressman, California 7th
Kimberly A. Moore
Judge
15-Jun-1968   US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Carlos J. Moorhead
Politician
6-May-1922 23-Nov-2011 Congressman from California, 1973-97
Dorothy W. Nelson
Judge
30-Sep-1928   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95
Robert Noel
Criminal
c. 1942   Presa Canario enthusiast
Ronald L. Olson
Attorney
1941   Munger Tolles & Olson
William H. Parker
Government
21-Jun-1902 16-Jul-1966 Chief of LAPD, 1950-66
Gerald Parsky
Attorney
c. 1942   UC Regent, 1996-2008
Chip Pashayan
Politician
27-Mar-1941   Congressman from California, 1979-91
Deval Patrick
Politician
31-Jul-1956   Governor of Massachusetts
Jerry M. Patterson
Politician
25-Oct-1934   Congressman from California, 1975-85
Mike Pompeo
Politician
30-Dec-1963   Congressman, Kansas 4th
Colleen M. Pouliot
Attorney
c. 1959   General Counsel of Adobe, 1990-2001
Harry Pregerson
Judge
13-Oct-1923   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Benjamin Quayle
Politician
5-Nov-1976   Congressman from Arizona, 2011-13
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Judge
16-Dec-1952   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Chuck Reed
Politician
15-Aug-1948   Mayor of San Jose
Elmer E. Robinson
Politician
3-Oct-1894 9-Jun-1982 Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56
John V. Roos
Attorney
14-Feb-1955   US Ambassador to Japan
Mario M. Rosati
Business
20-Jun-1946   Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
William V. Roth, Jr.
Politician
22-Jul-1921 13-Dec-2003 US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001
Jennifer Rubin
Blogger
?   Washington Post blogger
Neal E. Schmale
Business
c. 1947   President and COO of Sempra Energy
Alan Sears
Activist
?   CEO, Alliance Defense Fund
Brad Sherman
Politician
24-Oct-1954   Congressman, California 27th
Norman D. Shumway
Politician
28-Jul-1934   Congressman from California, 1979-91
Mark S. Siegel
Attorney
c. 1951   ReMY Investors
H. Allen Smith
Politician
8-Oct-1909 4-Jun-1998 Congressman from California, 1957-73
Milan D. Smith, Jr.
Judge
19-May-1942   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Larry Sonsini
Attorney
5-Feb-1941   Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jackie Speier
Politician
14-May-1950   Congresswoman, California 12th
William D. Stephens
Politician
26-Dec-1859 25-Apr-1944 Governor of California, 1917-23
Howard K. Stern
TV Personality
29-Nov-1968   Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923 10-Aug-2010 US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Cully Stimson
Government
13-Jun-1963   Pentagon point man on detainees
Hal Stratton
Government
6-Dec-1950   CPSC chairman, 2002-06
Kathleen Sullivan
Scholar
20-Aug-1955   Scholar of constitutional law
Orly Taitz
Activist
30-Aug-1962   Defend Our Freedoms Foundation
Richard C. Tallman
Judge
3-Mar-1953   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
A. Wallace Tashima
Judge
24-Jun-1934   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996-2004
David R. Thompson
Judge
26-Dec-1930 19-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2011
Timothy Tomlinson
Business
14-Feb-1950   Former Partner, Tomlinson Zisko
Roger J. Traynor
Judge
12-Feb-1900 14-May-1983 California Chief Justice, 1964-70
Laurence Tribe
Attorney
10-Oct-1941   Harvard Law Professor
Stephen S. Trott
Judge
12-Dec-1939   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2004
Walter R. Tucker III
Politician
28-May-1957   Congressman from California, 1993-95
John V. Tunney
Politician
26-Jun-1934   US Senator from California, 1971-77
James R. Ukropina
Attorney
1937   Former Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
John Van de Kamp
Government
1936   Attorney General of California, 1982-91
Doug Walgren
Politician
28-Dec-1940   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-91
J. Clifford Wallace
Judge
11-Dec-1928   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1972-96
Kim M. Wardlaw
Judge
2-Jul-1954   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Earl Warren
Judge
19-Mar-1891 9-Jul-1974 US Chief Justice, 1953-69
Walter L. Weisman
Business
c. 1935   American Medical International
Herman Welker
Politician
11-Dec-1906 30-Oct-1957 US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57
Kathryn M. Werdegar
Judge
1936   Justice, California Supreme Court
Charles Z. Wick
Government
12-Oct-1917 20-Jul-2008 Director of the USIA, 1981-89
Patricia J. Williams
Scholar
28-Aug-1951   The Alchemy of Race and Rights
Werner F. Wolfen
Attorney
15-May-1930   Former Partner, Irell & Manella
Donald R. Wright
Judge
2-Feb-1907 21-Mar-1985 California Chief Justice, 1970-77
Samuel W. Yorty
Politician
1-Oct-1909 5-Jun-1998 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961-73




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