Background
Schenkkan, Dirk McKenzie was born on August 9, 1949 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Fredric and Jean (McKenzie) Schenkkan.
Schenkkan, Dirk McKenzie was born on August 9, 1949 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Fredric and Jean (McKenzie) Schenkkan.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1971). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Friars-University of Texas.
Worked at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, A Professional, Corporation (San Francisco, California) specializing in Business Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1976, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Friars-University of Texas.
Recipient: Rotary International Fellowship, University of Kent, England, 1972-1973.
Benjamin Sharps Prize, 1975. Research Fellow and Tutor in Law, Yale Law School, 1975-1976.
Member: San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation Board of Directors, 1984. San Francisco Girls Chorus Board of Directors, 1994.
Pacific Primary School Board of Directors, 1985-1988.
Panelist, Bar Association of San Francisco/The Rutter Group Seminars on "Enforcing Judgments," 1982 and "Summary Judgments and Dismissals," 1985. Faculty Member, USF Law School Intensive Advocacy Program, 1992-1994. California Continuing Education of the Bar, Trial Skills Workshop (1989 and 1991) and Deposition Workshop (1990 and 1993).
San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation Board of Directors, since 1984. Pacific Primary School Board of Directors, 1985-1988. Panelist, Bar Association of San Francisco/-The Rutter Group Seminars on "Enforcing Judgments," 1982 and "Summary Judgments and Dismissals,” 1985.
Faculty Member, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Trial Skills Workshop, 1989 and Deposition Workshop, 1990.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, State and Federal Courts Committees). The State Bar of California.
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation).
Married Patricia Sinnott, November 11, 1979. Children: Jean, Penelope, Victoria.