Background
Zeff, Ophelia Hope was born on August 19, 1934 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Bernard Allen and Esther (Levinsohn) Gurvis.
Zeff, Ophelia Hope was born on August 19, 1934 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Bernard Allen and Esther (Levinsohn) Gurvis.
California State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1956). McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Juris Doctor, 1975). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Administrtive Law.
Associate Editor, Pacific Law Journal, 1974-1975.
Reporter, Placerville (California) Mountain Democratic, 1956-1957; reporter, Salinas Californian, 1957-1959; correspondent, Modesto (California) Bee, 1962-1964; attorney, ALRB, Sacramento, 1975-1976; attorney, Yolo County Counsel, Woodland, California, 1976-1978; attorney, Law Office of O.H. Zeff, Woodland, 1978-1985; employee relations officer, Yolo County, 1985-1987; partner, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff, Tichy & Mathiason, Sacramento, 1987-1998; partner, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, Sacramento, since 1998.
Member Vallejo (California) School Board, 1971-1974, president, 1974. Member Woodland Library. Board, 1982; vice president League of Women Voters, Vallejo, 1972.
Member League of Women Voters, Sacramento, since 1987. Member Sacramento County Bar, Sacramento Women Lawyers, Industrial Rels. Association Northern California, Traynor Society (life).
Married David Zeff, December 29, 1957 (divorced 1983). Children: Sally Lyn Zeff Propper, Betsy Zeff Russell, Ellen, Adam. Married John Canterbury Davis, September 18, 1987.