Background
Francis, Merrill Richard was born on January 28, 1932 in Iowa City.
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Merrill Richard Francis
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Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Pomona College, 1954; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1959.
Career
Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, since 1959.
Achievements
Membership
Member Fellows of Contemporary Art, since 1980. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1954-1956. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Bankruptcy (chairman 9th circuit admissions county 1992-1995, board directors since 1995, chair board regents since 1995).
Member American Bar Association Business Law Section (chairman secured creditors committee 1981-1985, chairman business bankruptcy committee 1986-1989, chairman Task Force on Federal Court Structure 1990-1993, member Council Business Law section 1991-1995, chairman ad hoc commission on brown bag programs 1994-1997), State Bar of California (member debtor/creditor and bankruptcy committee of business law section 1978-1979), Los Angeles County Bar Association (member realproperty section, Executive Committee 1970-1980, member commercial law and bankruptcy section, section chairman 1976-1977), Finance Lawyers Conference (Board of Governors since 1970, president 1972-1973), La Canada-Flintridge Chamber of Commerce and Cmty. Association (president 1971-1972), Order of the Coif, Jonathan Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
M. Mardi Munson, December 22, 1991. Children from previous marriage: Kerry L., David M., Robin A.
