Background
Petillon, Lee Ritchey was born on May 6, 1929 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Ernest and Blanche Lurene (Mackay) Petillon.
Petillon, Lee Ritchey was born on May 6, 1929 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Son of Charles Ernest and Blanche Lurene (Mackay) Petillon.
University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1952). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Bachelor of Laws, 1959). President, Legal Aid Society of Santa Monica, 1978-1980.
Worked at Petillon & Hansen (Torrance, California) specializing in General Practice, Corporate, Securities, Bankruptcy Reorganization. Admitted to the bar, 1960, California. Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient: Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Volunteer Service, City of Los Angeles, 1984.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Outstanding Service Award, Pepperdine School of Law, 1989.
Griffin Bell Volunteer Service Award, Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1993. Company-Author: "R&Doctorate Partnerships," Clark Boardman Company, 1984-1985.
"Representing Start-Up Companies," Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1992-1996. Author: "Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution," Pepperdine Law Review, 1987.
Chapter 9 Shares of Stock and Shareholders, California Transactions Forms, Bancroft-Whitney, 1996.
Articles in Les Nouvelles, Journal of the Licensing Executives"s Society, June, 1982. Patents and Trademark Review, Clark Boardman Company, Limited., July/August, 1982. Licensing Law Handbook, Clark Boardman Company, Limited., 1982, Los Angeles Lawyer, December 1992 and February 1997.
President, Legal Aid Society of Santa Monica, 1978-1980.
Chairman, State Dispute Resolution Advisory Council, 1988-1989. Adjunct Professor of Law, Pepperdine School of Law.
Chairman, Industry & Technology Forum, Torrance Chamber of Commerce, 1989-1992. Member, Executive Committee, American Electronics Association, Los Angeles Council.
Chairman, South Bay Science Foundation, Incorporated.
Vice Chairman, California Capital Access Forum, Incorporated. Member, Senate Commission on Corporate Governance, et cetera Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1983-1985.
Chair, Neighborhood Justice Center Committee, 1983-1985.
Vice Chair, DRS Operating Committee, 1989-1990. Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1984-1987.
Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1992-1994. Member: Federal Regulation of Securities Subcommittee, Business and Corporation Law Section.
Chair, Law and Technology Section, 1989-1990), Santa Monica (Member, Board of Trustees, 1977-1982.
President, 1980-1982) and American (Member, Securities Regulation Subcommittee, Small Business Committee, Committee on Technology and Intellectual Property, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Chair, Middle Income Committee, Legal Services Section, 1984-1985. Partnerships Committee, Business Law Section, 1989-1992).
Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (Director, 1986-1989).
P&H has developed its expertise by specializing in several areas of the law. Matters related to "start-up" and emerging businesses.
Corporate and securities law including mergers, acquisitions, private and public offerings, partnerships. Estate planning related to corporate succession.
And bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency law.
In addition to providing quality legal services in each of these areas, the firm is uniquely able to offer a combination of its corporate and insolvency abilities for the financially troubled company.
Member, Executive Committee, American Electronics Association, Los Angeles Council. Chairman, South Bay Science Foundation, Incorporated. Vice Chairman, California Capital Access Forum, Incorporated.
Member, Senate Commission on Corporate Governance, et cetera
Member: Los Angeles County (Member, Board of Trustees, 1983-1985. Chair, Neighborhood Justice Center Committee, 1983-1985.
Vice Chair, DRS Operating Committee, 1989-1990. Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1984-1987.
Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1992-1994.
Member: Federal Regulation of Securities Subcommittee, Business and Corporation Law Section. Chair, Law and Technology Section, 1989-1990), Santa Monica (Member, Board of Trustees, 1977-1982. President, 1980-1982) and American (Member, Securities Regulation Subcommittee, Small Business Committee, Committee on Technology and Intellectual Property, Section on Business Law) Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Chair, Middle Income Committee, Legal Services Section, 1984-1985.
Partnerships Committee, Business Law Section, 1989-1992). Los Angeles County Bar Foundation (Director, 1986-1989).
Married Mary Anne Keeton, February 20, 1960. Children: Andrew G., Joseph R.