Background
True, John M. was born on November 18, 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia.
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John M. True
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Trinity College (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California ( Juris Doctor, 1975). Spoken languages: Nepali, Farsi (Dari).
Career
Henning v. Industrial Welfare Commission, 46 Cal.3d 1232, 252 Cal.Rptr. 278 (1988); Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Association; California 7 California 4th. 1 (1994), (amicus curiae); Shoemaker v. Myers, 52 California 3d 1, 276 Cal.Rptr. 303 (1991), (amicus curiae); Pickrel v. General Telephone, 205 Cal.App.3d 1058, 252 Cal.Rptr. 878 (2d District 1988); Shoemaker v. Myers, 2 Cal.App. 4th 1407 (3d District 1992); Wilkinson v. Times Mirror, 215 Cal.App.3d 1034 (1st District 1989); Pearl Meadows Mushroom Farm (Petaluma Mushroom) v. Nelson, 674 F.Supp. 294 (North Dakota California 1987); 723 F.Supp. 432 (North Dakota California 1989).Worked at Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & True, Limited liability partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Employment Law with Emphasis on Wrongful Discharge and Employment Discrimination. Personal Injury.
Admitted to the bar, 1975, California and United States.
District Court, Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. 1985, United States. Supreme Court.
Adjunct Professor: Labor Law, University of Santa Clara School of Law, 1981-1983, 1985. Labor Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1984-1985.
Pre-Trial Civil Practice, Stanford University School of Law, 1993.
Volunteer, United States Peace Corps (Nepal), 1966-1968. (Afghanistan), 1969-1972. National Labor Relations Board, Regions 20 and 32, 1975-1979.
Partner, True, Wetzel, Colton & Fouts, 1979-1985.
Senior Staff Attorney, The Employment Law Center, A Project of the San Francisco Legal Aid Society, 1985-1994. Chair, Northern District of California Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Group, (1992-1995).
Lawyer Delegate from the Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1990-1993. Listed in Woodwrd/White, "Best Lawyers in America," 1997.
Named in "Who"s Who in the Employment Law Area" as one of California"s Top Labor and Employment Lawyers, California Law Business, February 22, 1993.
Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). State Bar of California (Member and Chair, 1993-1994, Labor and Employment Law Section). The California Plaintiffs" Employment Lawyers Association.
The National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter.
The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society. The law firm of Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & True has successfully represented individuals with employment, personal injury, and business problems since its inception.
Some of the reported decisions for the firm include Stephens v. Coldwell Banker, 199 C.A.3d 1344 (1988), Luck v.
Southern Pacific, 218 C.A.3d 1.
Finkelstein v. Bergna, 804 F. Supp. 1235 (North Dakota California 1992). The firm has also assumed a leadership role in several professional associations and its lawyers have written extensively in the field of employment law.
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Membership
Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section). State Bar of California (Member and Chair, 1993-1994, Labor and Employment Law Section). The California Plaintiffs" Employment Lawyers Association.
The National Lawyers Guild, Bay Area Chapter.
The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society.
