James C. Hester

Background

Hester, James C. was born on April 27, 1945 in New York City. Son of George R. Hester Senior and Mildred A. Ritchie.

Education

University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). Hastings College of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1970).

Career

Attorney, Cmty. Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, San Jose, California, 1971-1973; staff attorney, State Compensation Insurance Fund, Los Angeles, Ventura and Oakland, 1973-1976; associate attorney, Van Borg, Allen, Weisberg & Roger, Oakland, 1976-1978; associate attorney, Allen, Rhodes & Sobelsohn, Santa Barbara, California, 1978-1982; partner, Dickinson Hester & Sassano, Sierra Madre and Arcadia, California, 1982-1990; managing partner, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, Long Beach and Pasadena, California, since 1990.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1971, United States District Court (northern district) California 1971.

Membership

Member Planing Commission, City of Sierra Madre, California, 1986-1994, member CityCoun., 1994-1997, mayor, since 1997. Member Workers Compensation Defense Attorneys Association (president 1996-1997).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, cooking.

Connections

Married Nancy Schindler, May 26, 1973 (divorced June 1983). Children: Michael P., Jeffrey A. Married Barbara A. Barnhart, June 30, 1984.

Stepchildren: James Barnhart, Lisa Barnhart.

Father:

George R. Hester Senior

Mother:

Mildred A. Ritchie

Spouse:

Nancy Schindler

Spouse:

Barbara A. Barnhart

child:

Lisa Barnhart Hester

child:

Michael P. Hester

child:

James Barnhart Hester

child:

Jeffrey A. Hester