Background
Meyers, David W. was born on July 19, 1942 in Tasmania, Australia.
Meyers, David W. was born on July 19, 1942 in Tasmania, Australia.
University of Redlands (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1964). University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1967). University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (Master of Laws, 1968).
Worked at Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, A Professional Law Corporation (Napa, California) specializing in Civil Litigation, Local Government Law, Environmental Law, Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1968, California. Author: The Human Body and the Law, Edinburgh University Press, 1970 (1st educated), Edinburgh University Press and Stanford University Press 1990 (2nd educated).
Medico-Legal Implications of Death and Dying, Lawyers Company-operative Publishing Company, 1981 and annual supplements 1982-1993.
Company-Editor: Comparative and Historical Essays in Scots Law: A Tribute to Professor Sir Thomas Smith, Queen's Counsel, Chapter, "Letting Doctor and Patient Decide - The Wisdom of Scots Law," London and Edinburgh, Butterworths, 1992. Chapter, "The Family and Life and Death Decisions," in Family Rights: Family Law and Medical Advance, Edinburgh University Press, 1990.
Chapter, "Selective Non-Treatment of Handicapped Infants," in Issues in Human Reproduction, Hampshire, Gower Public Limited., 1989. Chapter, "Parental Rights and Consent to Medical Treatment of Minors," in Pediatric Forensic Medicine & Pathology, London, Champan & Hall Limited., 1989.
Company-Author: "Parental Choice and Selective Non-Treatment of Deformed Newborn: A View from the Mid-Atlantic," The Journal of Medical Ethics, June, 1986.
"The Contingent Fee in California Legal Practice," The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, Volume 30, 9, September 1985. "The Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care: A New Element of the Estate Planning Package," Estate Planning and California Probate Reporter, Volume VI, Number. 4, p. 73, February, 1985.
"Legal Aspects of Withdrawing Nourishment From An Incurably Illinois Patient," Architecture Intern Medical, Volume 145, p.
125, January, 1985; "Using a Durable Power of Attorney for the Authorization of Withdrawal of Medical Care," Estate Planning, Volume II, Number. 5, p.282, September, 1984.
"The Right to Die," International Academy of Estate and Trust Law Proceedings, July, 1984. "Informed Consent to Medical Treatment and the Incompetent Patient Under California"s New Conservatorship Law," CTLA Forum, Volume XI, Number.
10, December, 1981; "Medico/Legal Aspects of Care for the Dying," 1980 Scots Law Times 193.
"Time of Death Medico-legal Considerations," 16 Am Jurisprudence Proof of Facts 2d. 87, August, 1978; "The California Natural Death Acting: A Critical Appraisal," 52 California State Bar Journal Number. 4, July/August, 1977.
Chapter, "Legal Aspects," The Dilemmas of Euthanasia, New York, Doubleday, 1975.
"The Legal Aspects of Medical Euthanasia," Bioscience, August, 1973. "Organ Transplantation and the Law," XXI Impact of Science on Society, Paris, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Number.
3, 1971. "Problems of Sex Determination and Alteration," The Medico-Legal Journal, Volume 36, Number.
4, 1968. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Medical Ethics, University of California at San Francisco Medical School, 1984-1987. Visiting Lecturer: University of Edinburgh School of Law, 1985.
University of Aberdeen School of Law 1980, 1985 and 1988. Judge Pro Tem, Napa Superior Court, 1982.
Napa Municipal Court, 1986.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1987-1992 and Chairman, 1990-1992, Queen of the Valley Hospital. Member: Napa County Bar Association (President, 1986-1987). State Bar of California.
Consumer Attorneys of California.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1987-1992 and Chairman, 1990-1992, Queen of the Valley Hospital. Member: Napa County Bar Association (President, 1986-1987). State Bar of California.
Consumer Attorneys of California.