Background
Arnelle, H. Jesse was born on December 30, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
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Arnelle, H. Jesse was born on December 30, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States.
Arnelle finished his Penn State basketball career as the program’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder with 2,138 points and 1,238 rebounds. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1955 NFL Draft, but chose to instead play in the NBA.
Worked at Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis & Greene (San Francisco, California) specializing in Civil Litigation. Bankruptcy. Business. The Civil Litigation Practice includes Commercial, Construction, Environmental, Toxics, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Products Liability and Professional Malpractice.
Admitted to the bar, 1968, Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 1971, California, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
Deputy United States. Public Defender, Northern District of California, 1973-1975. Adjunct Professor, College of Advocacy, Hastings College of the Law, 1980-1984.
Member: Federal Practice Panel, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979-1980. Magistrates Selection Committee, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1981-1982.
Member, American Inns of Court, United States. District Court of Northern California, 1990. Vice-President, 1969-1988 and Chairman, 1996, Board of Trustees, Penn State University.
Member, Corporate Board of Directors: Eastman Chemical Corporation. Textron Corporation; WMK Technologies, Inc. FPL Group, Inc.; Wells Fargo & Company, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Union Pacific Resources. Armstrong World Industries. Commissioner, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 1980-1990.
Member, Board of Directors, 1983, President and Director, 1989, World Affairs Council. Member, Board of Directors, World Center, 1986. Director: San Francisco Commonwealth Club, 1989.
San Francisco Opera, 1990. Recipient, Bay Area UNICEF Award. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Judicial Review Committee, 1981-1983). Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. State Bar of California.
National Bar Association. American Board of Criminal Trial Lawyers. Military: With USAF, 1955-1957.
Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis & Greene is a regional minority-owned firm with a practice emphasizing litigation on behalf of corporations and public entities. The firm also has expertise in the areas of Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Computer Laws and represents creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency matters. Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis & Greene, which has engaged in numerous joint ventures with non-minority owned law firms, is an original participant in the American Bar Association, Minority Counsel Demonstration Program.
Member: Federal Practice Panel, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1979-1980. Magistrates Selection Committee, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1981-1982.
Member, American Inns of Court, United States. District Court of Northern California, 1990. Vice-President, 1969-1988 and Chairman, 1996, Board of Trustees, Penn State University.
Member, Corporate Board of Directors: Eastman Chemical Corporation. Textron Corporation; WMK Technologies, Inc. FPL Group, Inc.; Wells Fargo & Company, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Union Pacific Resources. Armstrong World Industries. Commissioner, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 1980-1990.
Member, Board of Directors, 1983, President and Director, 1989, World Affairs Council. Member, Board of Directors, World Center, 1986.