| John L. Burton, 1960, received approximately 76 percent of the vote to be elected chairman of the California Democratic Party. |
| Marshall Berol, 1960, was interviewed by The Gold Report. The article, "Grisson and Berol: The Resource Investment Story is Not Over," was published on The Gold Report site and on other informational trade websites. |
| Martin "Pete" Murphy Sr., 1961, was profiled in a Catholic San Francisco article. Read the article here. |
| Robert T. Lynch, 1963, participated in a panel on lawyer civility at the USF School of Law. The event was co-hosted by the USF Center for Law and Ethics and the American Board of Trial Advocates. |
| Eugene Crew, 1963, was honored as the Antitrust Lawyer of the Year at the 19th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute sponsored by the California State Bar. |
| Paul Vapnek, 1964, was published in the December 2008 Practising Law Institute's Litigation and Administrative Practice Course Handbook Series. In addition, Vapnek participated in a January panel, moderated by USF School of Law Professor Joshua Davis, that addressed the current proposals of the Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct. |
| Hon. Ming W. Chin, 1964, associate justice of the California Supreme Court, was recognized as Jurist of the Year at the California Judicial Council's 2009 Winners of Distinguished Service Awards. The awards are presented to those who demonstrate extraordinary leadership and make significant contributions to the administration of justice in California. |
| Hon. Daniel Hanlon, 1964, a former California Court of Appeal justice and San Francisco Superior Court judge, has been reappointed as chair of the California Judges Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for 2009-10. Hanlon, who focuses on civil litigation issues, is a JAMS neutral based in Santa Rosa. |
| Paul Vapnek, 1964, was quoted in the July 14 Recorder regarding attorney John Van Loben Sels, who earned a 48-hour jail sentence for contempt of court for the way in which he questioned potential jurors in a patent infringement dispute. Vapnek is a patent and ethics lawyer with Townsend and Townsend and Crew. |
| James P. Collins, 1965, has returned to the O'Reilly Law Firm in San Mateo. Collins was a founding member of the firm in 1987. The firm specializes in aviation law and has won many air disaster cases and major product liability cases. |
| James P. Fox, 1966, San Mateo County district attorney, will speak on the California death penalty at the Feb. 24 Bar Association of San Francisco meeting. |
| James P. Fox, 1966, was interviewed for the Miller-McCune article "Should Minors Ever Face Life Without Parole." |
| Frank DeMarco, 1967, has joined Hanson Bridgett as counsel. DeMarco, who previously worked with the Siskiyou County counsel's office for 35 years, is a member of the public agency section. |
| Frank J. DeMarco, 1967, received the James B. Lindholm, Jr. Legacy Award from the California County Counsel Association. DeMarco serves as counsel for Hanson Bridgett and focuses on public agency law. |
| Barry Langberg, 1968, has left Strook & Strook & Lavan to join Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as partner. Since his landmark victory in Burnett v. National Enquirer, in which his client Carol Burnett prevailed against the tabloid under modern defamation law, Langberg has been regarded as one of the nation's premier defamation attorneys. |
| James P. Fox, 1969, will retire at the end of his term as San Mateo District Attorney. Articles discussing his retirement were featured in The Recorder and the San Francisco Examiner. |
| James P. Fox, 1969, district attorney for San Mateo County since 1983, received the Bernard E. Witkin Amicus Curiae Award from the California Judicial Council at the 2009 Winners of Distinguished Service Awards. This award honors non-judiciary individuals for their outstanding contributions to the courts of California. |
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