Background
Herzstein, Mortimer H. was born on December 20, 1925 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States.
Herzstein, Mortimer H. was born on December 20, 1925 in Trinidad, Colorado, United States.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1947). Stanford University (Bachelor of Laws, 1950).
Worked at Bryan, Hinshaw, Cohen & Barnet (San Francisco, California) specializing in Civil Trial Practice. Arbitration and Mediation, Family Law, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Real Estate and Land Use Planning, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright, Business Law, Employment Law, Probate and Estate Litigation, Personal Injury, Construction Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Advertising Law. Admitted to the bar, 1951, California, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1965, United States. Supreme Court.
Pi Sigma Alpha. Company-Author: "Survival of Actions in Wrongful Death," California Estate Administration Continuing Education of the Bar, 1959.
Editorial Advisor, Commercial Real Estate Practice Continuing Education of the Bar, 1959. Recipient, Award of Merit, Bar Association of San Francisco, 1989.
President, Stanford Law Society, 1963-1964. President, San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation, 1986-1987.
President, 1985-1989 and Director, 1982-1995, San Francisco Arts Education Project.
Trustee, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 1991. Member, Board of Trustees, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, 1992. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Chairman, Lawyers Referral Committee, 1970-1971.
Director, 1975-1976).
State Bar of California (Member, 1972-1974 and Vice Chairman, 1973-1974, Committee on Administrative Agencies and Tribunals. Member, Committee on Legal Services, 1974-1975.
Secretary, Section on Legal Services, 1976-1977. Member, Executive Committee, 1976-1978 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Legal Services Section.
State Bar Representative to Statutory Advisory Committee on Small Claims 1977-1980).
Military: With United States. Navy, 1944-1946
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Member, Board of Trustees, Museum of New Mexico Foundation, 1992. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Chairman, Lawyers Referral Committee, 1970-1971. Director, 1975-1976).
State Bar of California (Member, 1972-1974 and Vice Chairman, 1973-1974, Committee on Administrative Agencies and Tribunals.
Member, Committee on Legal Services, 1974-1975. Secretary, Section on Legal Services, 1976-1977.
Member, Executive Committee, 1976-1978 and Chairman, 1980-1981, Legal Services Section. State Bar Representative to Statutory Advisory Committee on Small Claims 1977-1980).
Military: With United States.
Navy, 1944-1946.