John Bilyeu Oakley

Background

Oakley, John Bilyeu was born on June 18, 1947 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Samuel Heywood and Elsie-Maye (Bilyeu) Oakley.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1969; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1972.

Career

Research attorney chief justice Donald R. Wright, Supreme Court of the California, 1972-1973; senior research attorney chief justice Donald R. Wright, Supreme Court of the California, 1974-1975; senior law clerk chief judge M. Joseph Blumenfeld, United States District Court Connecticut, Hartford, 1973-1974; acting professor of law, University of California, Davis, 1975-1979; professor of law, University of California, Davis, since 1979. Reporter Speedy Trial Planning Group, United States District Court, Sacramento, 1977-1982, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, 1991-1994, United States Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction, 1991-1996, Western Regional Conference on State-Federal Judicial Relationships, 1992-1993. Scholar-in-residence, senior trial attorney Civil Rights Division, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1979-1980;visiting scholar U. College, Oxford (England) University, 1982-1983.

Appointed counsel death penalty appeal Supreme Court California, 1984-1996. Consultant California Judicial Council Commision on the Future of the Court Justices, 1992-1993. Member California Appellate Process task force, since 1997.

Achievements

• John Bilyeu Oakley has been listed as a reputable Law educator, lawyer, judicial consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Law Clerks and the Judicial Process: Perceptions of the Qualities and Functions of Law Clerks in American Courts

    (Law clerks are, in the author's words subordinate anonymo...)

Membership

Public member New Motor Vehicle Board California, Sacramento, 1976-1982, California Judicial Council Appellate Process Task Force, since 1997. Board directors Fallen Leaf Lake (California) Mutual Water Company, 1980-1982, 94-. Western regional associate, field associate Duke U. Primate Center, 1986-1991, board visitors, since 1997.

With United States Merchant Marine, 1969, Vietnam. Member American Law Institute (reporter Federal Judicial Code Revision Project since 1995), Association American Law Schools (chair section on civil procedure 1979-1980, 96-97), American Judicature Society (board directors 1996-1998), Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: aviation, photography, railroads, rugby, running.

Connections

Married Fredericka Barvitz, May 25, 1969. Children: Adélie, Antonia.

Father:

Samuel Heywood Oakley

Mother:

Elsie-Maye (Bilyeu) Oakley

Spouse:

Fredericka Barvitz

child:

Antonia Oakley

child:

Adélie Oakley