Background
Werchick, Jack was born on January 14, 1913 in Russia. Came to the United States, 1915, naturalized, 1934. Son of Leo and Sonia Werchick.
Werchick, Jack was born on January 14, 1913 in Russia. Came to the United States, 1915, naturalized, 1934. Son of Leo and Sonia Werchick.
AB, San Francisco State College, 1936. Juris Doctor, University California-San Francisco, 1949.
Teacher elementary school Vallejo (California) Unified School District, 1938-1943, principal, 1943-1946. Associate Elmer P. Delany, San Francisco, 1950-1951, partner, 1951-1952. Individual practice law, 1952-1958, 1959-1970.
Partner Werchick & Werchick, from 1970. Instructor law Hastings College Law, University California-San Francisco, 1964-1966, assistant professor law, 1966-1968, associate professor, 1968-1970, professor law, 1970-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988. Founder Hastings College Advocacy, 1973, board directors, since 1973, chairman, 1981.
Member president's associates San Francisco State University.
Member California Bar Association, California Trial Lawyers Association (life member, president 1964, 65, governor since 1966), Association Trial Lawyers American (associate editor personal injury since 1960, president San Francisco chapter 1962-1963), Western Regional Trial Lawyers Association (president 1963), American Board Professional Liability Attorneys (a founder, board governors, president 1980), World Association Law Professors (a founder), San Francisco Lawyers Club, Lawyer Friends of Wine, American Arbitration Association (national panel), American Association of University Professors. Clubs: 1066, Hastings 1066.
Married Carolyn Werchick, August 29, 1936. Children: Arne, Susan.