Background
Heilbron, David Michael was born on November 25, 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Louis H. and Delphine A. (Rosenblatt) Heilbron.
Heilbron, David Michael was born on November 25, 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Louis H. and Delphine A. (Rosenblatt) Heilbron.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1958). Oxford University, Oxford, England (Bachelor of Arts, first class honors, 1960). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1962).
Phi Beta Kappa. Rhodes Scholar. Member, Harvard Law Review, 1961-1962. Visiting Lecturer, Apellate Advocacy, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 1981-1982, 1983-1984.
President, State Bar of California, 1985-1986. President, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1980. Member, Board of Governors, 1983-1986 and Chairman, Committee on Courts, 1982-1983, State Bar of California.
Vice-Chair, California Commission on Discovery, 1984-1986. Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, since 1986. Member, 1981— and Chair,, Northern California Advisory Council, American Arbitration Association.
Associate McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, 1962-1969, partner, since 1969, managing partner, 1985-1988. Visiting lecturer appellate advocacy University California, Berkeley, 1981-1982, 82-83.
Board trustees Golden Gate University, 1993-1997, vice chair, 1995-1997. Board directors San Francisco Jewish Community Center, since 1974, Legal Aid Society, 1974-1978, Legal Assistance to Elderly, San Francisco, 1980, San Francisco Renaissance, since 1982. President San Francisco Senior Center, 1972-1975.
Co-chairman San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Urban Affairs, 1976. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, American College Trial Lawyers, American Arbitration Association (board directors 1986-1998, 2002-2010, advisory council Northern California chapter since 1982, chairman 1987, judicial council 1986-1988, executive board 1994-1998, instructor and panelist arbitrator training programs), American Academy Appellate Lawyers, State Bar California (chairman committee courts 1982-1983. board governors 1983-1985, member commission on discovery 1984-1986, president 1985-1986), California Academy Appellate Lawyers, College Commercial Arbitrators (panelist), Bar Association San Francisco (chairman conference delegations 1975-1976, president 1980).
Clubs: California Tennis.
Married Nancy Ann Olsen, June 21, 1960. Children: Lauren Ada, Sarah Ann, Ellen Selma.