Background
Swanson, Linda Alden was born on May 23, 1941 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Eric Harry and Dorothy Ruth (Mahoney) Swanson.
Swanson, Linda Alden was born on May 23, 1941 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Eric Harry and Dorothy Ruth (Mahoney) Swanson.
University of Tennessee (Bachelor of Arts, 1963). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1966). Spoken languages: German and Spanish.
Worked at Linda Alden Swanson (Sausalito, California) specializing in Trust Law, Estates Law, Probate Law, Trust Administration Law, Elder Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Washington. 1971, California.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Author: "Role of the Police in the Diversion of Drug Offenders," Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, 1973. "Extending the Shield of the First Amendment to the Outspoken Policeman," 3 Crim. L. Rev. 171, 1972; "Landlords and Tenants, Oakland's Landlord-Tenant Intervention Unit," The Police Chief, p.
32, March 1972; "The Municipal Ombudsman," in The Ombudsman, Pacific Northwest Assembly, University of Oregon, August 1968. "The Disparity Between Due Process and Full Faith and Credit: The Problem of the Somewhere Wife," 67 Colum. L. Rev. 1363, 1967. Co-Author, "Desuetude as a Defense," 51 Iowa L. Rev.
1, 1966. Lecturer: Police Law Seminar, Stanford University Law School, 1973-1974. Land Use Law, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, Winter, 1974. Associate in Law, Columbia University Law School, 1966-1967.
Member, 1985-1990, and Chair, 1988, Mill Valley Planning Commission. Legal Advisor, Oakland, 1969-1972. Seattle, 1968-1969 Police Department.
Member: Marin County (Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section) and Washington State Bar Associations. State Bar of California. The American Law Institute (Member, Trust Consultative Group, 1994).
Marin County Estate Planning Council. National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Marin General Hospital Foundation Planned Giving Roundtable.
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (Trustee, 1979-1997 and Corporate Secretary, 1984-1994).
Trustee, corporation secretary Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, San Francisco, since 1979. Board directors, vice president Marin Institute on Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, SanRafael, California, since 1988. Board directors, corporation secretary The Trauma Foundation, San Francisco, 1983-1988.
Chairman legal committee Marin Support Superior vena cava syndrome for Elders, San Rafael, 1988-1990. Board directors West Blithedale Canyon Neighborhood Association, Mill Valley, California, since 1980. Member, chairman Mill Valley Planning Commission, 1985-1990.
Member trauma review committee Marin Emergency Medical Care Commission,1988-1990. Member State Bar California, Marin County Bar Association, Marin County Estate Planning Council, American Law Institute, National Academy Elder Law Attorneys, Trust Consultive Group.
Children: Douglas Graham, Margaret Alden Moody.