Background
Burnison, Boyd Edward was born on December 12, 1934 in Arnolds Park, Iowa, United States. Son of Boyd WIlliam and Lucile (Harnden) Burnison.
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Boyd Edward BURNISON
BOYD BURNISON, American Lawyer, Partner of CROSBY, HEAFEY, ROACH & MAY, specializing in the field of General Civil and Trial Practice, including Antitrust, Appellate, Bankruptcy, Employment, Environmental. Estate Planning and Probate, Federal and State Taxation, Finance and Banking, General Corporation and Partnership, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor, Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability and Real Property.
Education
Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science, 1957). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1961).
Career
Deputy counsel Yolo County, California, 1962-1965. Associate Steel & Arostegui, Marysville, 1965-1966, St. Sure, Moore & Hoyt, Oakland, 1966-1970. Partner St. Sure, Moore, Hoyt & Sizoo, Oakland and San Francisco, 1970-1975.
Vice president Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Professional Corporation, Oakland, 1975-2000, also board directors. President Boyd E Burnison A Professional Law Corporation, Walnut Creek, California, 2001—2005, Diablo, since 2005.
Achievements
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Bar: California 1962, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971, United States District Court (northern district) California 1962, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit) 1962, United States District Court (eastern district) California 1970, United States District Court (central district) California 1992.
Membership
Advisor Berkeley Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1971, Yolo County Young Men’s Christian Association, 1962—1965, board director, 1965. Trustee, secretary, legal counsel Easter Seal Foundation, Alameda County, 1974—1979, honorary trustee, since 1979. Trustee Alameda County Law Library., since 2001, vice president, 2003—2005, president, 2005—2007.
Member Diablo Municipal advisory council, 2007—2009, Diablo Advisory Committee, since 2009. Board director Easter Seal Society Crippled Children and Adults of Alameda County California, 1972—1975, Moot Court Board, University California, 1960—1961, East Bay Conservation Corps, 1997—2000, treasurer, 2000. Fellow: American Bar Association Foundation (life).
Member: American Bar Association (equal employment law committee, labor relations, employment law section 1972—2004), Sproul Associate Boalt Hall Law School University California Berkeley, Industrial Relations Research Association, Contra Costa County Bar Association (labor law section), Bar Association San Francisco, Yuba Sutter Bar Association, Yolo County Bar Association (secretary 1965), Alameda County Bar Foundation (board directors 1993-1995), Alameda County Bar Association (chairman memberships and directory committee 1973-1974, chairman law office economics committee 1975-1977, chairman memberships and directory committee 1980, association director 1981-1985, vice chairman bench bar liaison committee 1983, president, chairman 1984, Distinguished Service award 1987), State Bar California (special labor counsel 1981-1984, labor and employment law section since 1982), National Conference Bar President's, Rotary (Paul Harris fellow), Round Hill Country Club, Iowa State Alumni Association, Order Knoll, Phi Delta Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Mari Amaral; children: Erica Lafore, Alison Katherine.
- Father:
- Boyd WIlliam Burnison
- Mother:
- Lucile (Harnden) Burnison
- Spouse:
- Mari Amaral
- child:
- Erica Lafore Burnison
- child:
- Alison Katherine Burnison
Career
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1962
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1971
Awards
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Named Volunteer of Year, Berkeley Young Men’s Christian Association, 1999.Named Volunteer of Year, Berkeley Young Men’s Christian Association, 1999.