Lee W. Potts

Education

San Jose State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972. Master of Arts, 1974). University of California at Davis (Doctor of Philosophy, 1978).

Hastings College of the Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1986).

Career

Worked at Hennigan, Mercer & Bennett (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Civil Rights, Defamation, First Amendment Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1986, California and United States. District Court, Central District of California.

1987, United States.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1990, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California. 1994, United States. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of California.

Articles Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1985-1986.

Author: "Responsible Police Administration: Issues and Approaches," University of Alabama Press, 1983. "Equal Employment Opportunity and Female Employment in Police Agencies," 11 Journal of Criminal Justice 505, 1983.

"The Police and Determinants of Rape Prosecution: Decision Making in a Nearly Decomposable System," 6 Police Studies: The International Review of Police Development 37, 1983. Female Professionals in Corrections: Equal Employment Opportunity Issues," 47 Federal Probation 37, 1983.

"Criminal Liability, Public Policy and the Principle of Legality in the Republic of South Africa," 73 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1061, 1982.

"Law as a Tool of Social Engineering," 5 British Columbia International and Comparative Law Review 1, 1982. Equal Employment Opportunity and Female Criminal Justice Employment," 4 Police Studies: The International Review of Police Development 9, 1981. "Common Law and the Legal Fiction of the Citizen Policeman," 13 Anglo-American Law Review 53, 1984.

"Custodial Detention and Regime Maintenance in the Republic of South Africa," 10 Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 301, 1984.

Director of Criminal Justice Program, University of Mississippi, 1978-1983. Member: State Bar of California.

Achievements

• Lee W. Potts has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Responsible Police Administration: Issues and Approaches," University of Alabama Press, 1983. "Equal Employment Opportunity and Female Employment in Police Agencies," 11 Journal of Criminal Justice 505, 1983. "The Police and Determinants of Rape Prosecution: Decision Making in a Nearly Decomposable System," 6 Police Studies: The International Review of Police Development 37, 1983.
    
    Female Professionals in Corrections: Equal Employment Opportunity Issues," 47 Federal Probation 37, 1983. "Criminal Liability, Public Policy and the Principle of Legality in the Republic of South Africa," 73 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1061, 1982. "Law as a Tool of Social Engineering," 5 B.C. International and Comparative Law Review 1, 1982.
    
    Equal Employment Opportunity and Female Criminal Justice Employment," 4 Police Studies: The International Review of Police Development 9, 1981. "Common Law and the Legal Fiction of the Citizen Policeman," 13 Anglo-American Law Review 53, 1984. "Custodial Detention and Regime Maintenance in the Republic of South Africa," 10 Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement 301, 1984.
    
    Director of Criminal Justice Program, University of Mississippi, 1978-1983.

Membership

Member: State Bar of California.