Background
Byrne, Jerome Camillus was born on October 3, 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Camillus Abraham and Katherine Blanche (Kelly) Byrne.
Byrne, Jerome Camillus was born on October 3, 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Camillus Abraham and Katherine Blanche (Kelly) Byrne.
Aquinas College (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1951).
Worked at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice, State and Federal Courts. Antitrust Law. Specialized Criminal Defense. General Corporation, Securities, Administrative, Labor and Employment, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust, International Business, Entertainment, Commercial, Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Environmental Energy, Municipal and Public Utility Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1952, California (Inactive).
Special Counsel, Regents of the University of California, 1965. Director, 1966 and President, 1970-1972, Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Member, 1967 and President, 1969-1970, Industrial Relations Research Association. Member, Board of Regents, Mount Saint Mary"s College, 1978.
Trustee, Aquinas College, 1983-1995.
Director/Secretary, Kolb Foundation, 1984. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Limited Liability Partnership, originating in Los Angeles, has been providing legal services to clients since 1890. Today, the firm has grown to one of the largest law firms in the world with approximately 600 active attorneys in 15 offices situated in most of the world"s important business centers.
The firm has experts in virtually every area of the law, particularly those which relate to commercial transactions and disputes, and has more effective geographical coverage in the United States than any other major firm.
The firm"s lawyers and staff are dedicated to providing quality service on a timely and cost effective basis.
Board of directors Constitutional Rights Foundation, since 1967, president, 1971-1972. Board regents Mount St. Mary's College, since 1979. Trustee Aquinas College, 1983-1995, trustee emeritus, since 1995.
Director, secretary Kolb Foundation, since 1984.