Peter Joseph Donnici

Background

Donnici, Peter Joseph was born on September 5, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Albert H. and Jennie (Danubio) Donnici.

Education

University of Missouri, Kansas City (Bachelor of Arts, 1960. Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Yale University (Master of Laws, 1963).

Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, since 1963.

Of Counsel, Law Offices of Joseph L. Alioto, 1967-1975. Consultant to: Mayor of San Francisco, 1967-1973.

State of California Consumer Affairs Department, Task Force on Electronic Funds Transfer, 1978-1979. Special Counsel to the Legislature, Commonwealth of Northern Marianna Islands, since 1983.

Career

Fisher v. City of Berkeley, 475 United States. 260 (1986); Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated. v. Ware, 414 United States. 117 (1973); Hawaii v. Standard Oil Company of California, et al, 405 United States. 251 (1972); Mulkey v. Reitman, 64 California 2d 529 (1966), aff"d, Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 United States. 369 (1967); Dolphin Tours, Incorporated. v. Pacifico Creative Service, Incorporated., et al, 773 F.2d 1506 (9th Circuit 1985); Commander of Northern Mariana Islands v. Atalig, 723 F.2d 682 (9th Circuit 1984); Doctor of Humane Letters Corporation v. Loomis Courier Service, Incorporated., 522 F.2d 982 (9th Circuit 1975); Alioto v. Cowles Communications, Incorporated., 519 F.2d 777 (9th Circuit 1975); Hallmark Industry v. Reynolds Metals Company, 489 F.2d 8 (9th Circuit 1973); Gas Light Company v. Georgia Power Company, 440 F.2d 1135 (5th Circuit 1971); Mulvey v. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, 433 F.2d 1073 (9th Circuit 1970); In re Continental Airlines, Incorporated., 61 B.R. 758 (South Dakot Texas 1986); Western Shoe Gallery, Incorporated. v. Duty Free Shoppers, Limited., et al, 593 F.Supp. 348 (North Dakota California 1984); Detry v. Cocos Lagoon Development Corporation, 1983-1982 Commerce Clearing House Trade Cases P. 66, 195 (Doctorate. Guam 1981); Westbrook v. Mihaly, 2 California 2d 765 (1970); In re Walker, 10 California 3d 764 (1974); In re Estate of Supple, 247 California Appendix 2d 410 (1966).Worked at Donnici, Kerwin & Donnici (San Francisco, California) specializing in General Corporate and Commercial Practice, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Business Transactions, Antitrust, Trade Regulation, Aviation, Labor and Employment, Business and Civil Litigation, Libel and Slander Law, Intellectual Property, Computer Law and Information Technology. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Missouri. 1969, United States. Supreme Court.

1970, California and United States.

Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit.

United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.

United States. District Court, Northern District of California. United States. District Court, Central District of California.

United States. District Court, District of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Company-Author: "Recent Expansion of the Postal Monopoly to Include Transmission of Commercial Information," 11 University of San Francisco Law Review 1 (1977). With Honorary Joseph L. Alioto, "Standing Requirements for Antitrust Plaintiffs: Judicially Created Exceptions to a Clear Statutory Policy," 4 University of San Francisco Law Review 205 (1970).

Author: "Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Civil Pretrial Discovery," 3 University of San Francisco Law Review 12 (1968). "State Responsibility for Residential Racial Discrimination," Volume I, University of San Francisco Law Review 12 (1966).

"Government Encouragement of Religious Ideology," 13 Journal of Public Law 16 (1964).

"Amendment of Pleadings: The Operation of Judicial Discretion in Federal Courts," Southern California Law Review (1964). "The Operation of the Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Actions," 29 University of Kansas City Law Review 91 (1961). Professor of Law, 1963-1992 and Professor Emeritus, 1992, University of San Francisco School of Law.

Of Counsel, Law Offices of Joseph L. Alioto, 1967-1975.

Consultant to: Mayor of San Francisco, 1967-1973. State of California Consumer Affairs Department, Task Force on Electronic Funds Transfer, 1978-1979.

Faculty, National College of State Judiciary, 1976. Special Counsel to the Legislature, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Member, Steering Committee, San Francisco Lawyers" Committee for Urban Affairs, 1983.

Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. The Missouri Bar; State Bar of California. Italian-American Bar Association.

Our firm began in 1975 as the Law Offices of Peter J. Donnici.

Professor Donnici specialized in representing small businesses in antitrust and complex litigation cases. In 1980, the firm became Donnici & Lupo with a continuing emphasis on serving the legal needs of the business community, including a wide range of litigation and transactional matters.

In January 1993, the firm was restructured and has since been renamed Donnici, Kerwin & Donnici.

Achievements

• Peter Joseph Donnici has been listed as a reputable lawyer, law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, Steering Committee, San Francisco Lawyers" Committee for Urban Affairs, 1983. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. The Missouri Bar; State Bar of California.

Italian-American Bar Association.

Connections

Married Diane DuPlantier, July 27, 1985. Children: JuliaAnn Donnici Clifford, Joseph A., Joann Donnici Powers.

Father:

Albert H. Donnici

Mother:

Jennie (Danubio) Donnici

Spouse:

Diane DuPlantier

child:

JuliaAnn Donnici Clifford Donnici

child:

Joann Donnici Powers Donnici

child:

Joseph A. Donnici