Joseph Stanley Sanders

Background

Sanders, Joseph Stanley was born on August 9, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Hays and Eva (Cook) Sanders.

Education

Bachelor, Whittier College, 1963; Bachelor, Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1965; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1968.

Career

Director summer projects, Westminster Neighborhood Association, Los Angeles, 1966-1967; director pro tem, instructor political science, Yale University Transitional Year, 1967-1968; staff attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, 1968-1969; executive director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Los Angeles, 1969-1970; associate law firm, Wyman, Bautzer, Finell, Rothman & Kuchel, Beverly Hills, California, 1969-1971; partner, Rosenfeld, Lederer, Jacobs & Sanders, Beverly Hills, 1971-1972; partner, Sanders & Tisdale, Los Angeles, 1972-1978; partner, Sanders & Dickerson, Los Angeles, 1978-1992; associate, Barnes, McGhee & Pryce, Los Angeles, since 1992.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1969.

Membership

Co-founder Watts Summer Festival, 1966. Co-chairman Whittier College Alumni Fund, 1970-1971, trustee 1973-1990, 93-. Member Yale Law Alumni Committee on Curriculum Reform, 1970.

Coordinator California Conference Black Attorneys, 1969. Chairman.membership drive District 8 Boy Scouts American, Los Angeles, 1971. Member Council on Foreign Rels., since 1994, Los Angeles World Affairs Council, 1970-1974, Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1971-1975, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission.

Board directors West Los Angeles UnitedWay, 1970, Black Arts Council, Economics Resources Corporation, Los Angeles Beautiful, Los Angeles Council for International Visitors, Cape of Good Hope Foundation, OverlandPark, Kansas, Westminster Neighborhood Association. Trustee Museum Contemporary Art, National Collegiate Athletic Association Foundation, since 1991, board directors. President Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commission.

Chairman United Way Task Force on Youth Unemployment, Los Angeles. Member of advisory board Public Radio Station KCRW, since 1991. Director metropolitan transportation authority Los Angeles County, 1993-1995.

Member Langston Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Connections

Married Melba Binion, March 17, 1984. Children: Alexandria, Chelsea. Children by previous marriage: Edward Moore, Justin Hays.

Father:

Hays Sanders

Mother:

Eva (Cook) Sanders

Spouse:

Melba Binion

child:

Chelsea Sanders

child:

Alexandria Sanders