Kurt Werner Melchior

Background

Melchior, Kurt Werner was born on October 30, 1924 in Essen, Germany. Came to the United States 1938. Son of Rudolf and Anna (Meyer) Melchior.

Education

University of California at Berkeley and University of Chicago (Bachelor of Philosophy, 1943. Master of Arts, 1949). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1951).

Order of the Coif. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1950-1951. Lecturer, Golden Gate Law School, 1967. President, San Francisco Association for Mental Health, 19601961.

Director, National Association of Mental Health, 1967-1973. Member, Governor’s Commission on the Family, 1966.

Career

Attorney Preparedness Subcommittee, United States Senate, Washington, 1951-1952, Office of price Stabilization, Washington, 1952. Special assistant to attorney general United States Department Justice, 1953-1956. Associate Landeis, Weigel & Ripley, San Francisco, 1956-1957, Freed & Freed, San Francisco, 1957-1960, Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, San Francisco, 1960-1989.

Partner Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott, since 1989. Member California Board Legal Specialization, 1978-1984. Vice president State Bar of California, 1977-1978, board governors, 1975-1978, member commission for revision of rules of professional conduct, 1985-1991, member commission on judicial nominees evaluation, 1979-1980, committee on corporations, 1973-1975.

Lecturer California Continuing Education of the Bar, other organizations in ethics, class actions, accounting, taxation, family law. Faculty constitutional and community property law Golden Gate University.

Achievements

• Bar: District of Columbia 1951, Illinois 1951, California 1957.

Membership

Member Governor's Commission on the Family, 1966. Member San Francisco Law Library., since 1982, president, since 1985. President Oakes Children's Center, 1982-1985, French American Bilingual School, 1974-1975, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, 1963-1965.

With United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Bar Association of San Francisco (former director, chairman committee on penal reform, administration of justice, family law and visitors sponsorship), San Francisco Association for Mental Health (president 1960-1961), National Association Mental Health (board directors 1966-1972), American Bar Association (house of deals 1979-1992).

Connections

Married Suzanne Ellen Sabin, February 27, 1959. Children: Karen, Katherine Melchior Ray.

Father:

Rudolf Melchior

Mother:

Anna (Meyer) Melchior

Spouse:

Suzanne Ellen Sabin

child:

Karen Melchior

child:

Katherine Melchior Ray Melchior