Background
Austin, Joseph R. was born on March 25, 1939 in Davenport, Iowa, United States.
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Joseph R. Austin
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Coe College (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
Career
Worked at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1965, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Lecturer in Law, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, 1965-1966.
Law Clerk to Judge William C. Mathes, United States. District Court, California, 1964-1965. Trustee, 1974-1975, President, Barristers, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1974-1975.
Trustee, Coe College, 1976-1986. Trustee, Los Angeles County Bar Foundation, 1986?. President, 1996-1997, Chair, Board of Trustees, Lax-The Los Angeles Exhibitions, Inc., 1993?.
Trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1988-1996. Commercial litigation and business practice, including complex, securities and environmental litigation. Environmental and natural resources.
Healthcare; intellectual property. Biotechnology; antitrust and trade regulation. Torts; product liability.
Insurance; maritime; agribusiness. White-collar crime; appellate. Corporate; banking; finance.
Insolvency; real estate and land use. Construction; tax and employee benefits. Labor and employment.
International trade law. Estate planning and trusts. Alternative dispute resolution.
