Jerome Irwin BRAUN

Background

Braun, Jerome Irwin was born on December 16, 1929 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Martin H. and Bess (Donsker) Braun.

Education

AB with distinction, Stanford University, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, Stanford University, 1953.

Career

Associate Long & Levit, San Francisco, 1957-1958, Law Offices of Jefferson Peyser, San Francisco, 1958-1962. Founding partner Farella, Braun & Martel (formerly Elke, Farella & Braun), since 1962. Instructor San Francisco Law School, 1958-1969.

Member United States District Court Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, since 1991. Speaker various state bar conventions in California, Illinois, Nevada, Montana. Requent moderator/participant continuing education of bar programs.

Past chairman 9th Circuit Senior Advisory Board, past chairman lawyer representatives to 9th Circuit Judicial Conference. Member appellate lawyers liaison committee California Court Appeals 1st district. Jud.conf. United States Committee Long Range Planning.

Founder Jon Samuel Abramson Scholarship Endowment Stanford University Law.

Achievements

• Bar: Missouri 1953, California 1953, United States District Court (northern district) California, United States Tax Court, United States Court Military Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States Court, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit).

Works

• Other Work

  • Revising editor: Stanford University Law Review. Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Jewish Community Federation San Francisco, The Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, president, 1979-1980. Past president United Jewish Community Centers 1st lieutenant Judge Advocate General corpus, United States army, 1954-1957, United States Army Reserve, 1957-1964. Fellow American Academy Appellate Lawyers, American College Trial Lawyers (teaching trial and appellate advocacy committee), American Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association (chairman administration justice committee 1977), Bar Association San Francisco (special committee on lawyers malpractice and malpractice insurance), San Francisco Bar Foundation (past trustee), California Academy Appellate Lawyers (past president, member United States District Court Civil Justice Reform Act advisory committee, California Court of Appeals 1st District Appellate Lawyers liaison committee, judicial conference of the United States, committee on long-range planning, panelist 1994), American Judicature Society (past director), Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, United States District Court of Northern District California History Society (past president, board directors), 9th Circuit Court of Appeals History Society (past. president), Mexico-American Legal Defense Fund (honoree), Order of Coif.

Connections

Children: Aaron, Susan, Daniel. Married Dolores Ferriter, August 16, 1987.

Father:

Martin H. Braun

Mother:

Bess (Donsker) Braun

Spouse:

Dolores Ferriter

child:

Aaron Braun

child:

Susan Braun

child:

Daniel Braun