Admitted
1956, Israel; 1962, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit and U.S. District C
Law School
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1952
Law School Graduation Year
1952
College
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, E.B.A., 1949
Memberships
The State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Northern California Criminal Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1987); San Francisco Lawyers Club (President, 1983); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1988-1989)
Biographical
Editor, Defending Criminal Cases, 14-17 Annual Practicing Law Institute, 1976-1979. Chair: National Institute on Criminal Defense, Georgetown University CLE, 1980-1984. Co-Author: State, School & Family, Matthew Bender, 1973, 1975, 1979; Prosecutorial Discretion, CEB, 1979; Trial Objections, CEB, 1984, Consultant, 1995; Bill of Rights Redivivus, N.A.C.D.L., 1991. Contributing Editor, Jefferson on Evidence, 3rd Edition, 1998. Clerk, Supreme Court of Israel, 1956. General Counsel, 1971-1978 and Advisory Counsel, 1979—, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. President, American Jewish Congress, Northern California Division, 1969-1970. Board Member, Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, 1971-1973. Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, 1971-1973; 1979-1980; 1988; 1999—. Lecturer: Boalt Hall School of Law, 1983—. Founding Statewide President, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1973-1974. Recipient: Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Award, Students Council on Research in Civil Rights, 1979; Public Advocates First Annual Justice Tobriner Award, 1982; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Heeney Award, 1984. Chairman, Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, Marin, Peninsula and Sonoma Counties, 1988-1990. Fellow: American Board of Criminal Lawyers; California Academy of Appellate Lawyers (1st Vice President, 1998-1999); American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.