Background
Mendelson, Richard Paul was born on September 14, 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Max and Naomi (Rosenberg) Mendelson.
Mendelson, Richard Paul was born on September 14, 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Max and Naomi (Rosenberg) Mendelson.
Bachelor in Government, Harvard College, 1975. Master of Arts in Economic and Political, Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1977. Certified, London Wine and Spirits Education, 1979.
Juris Doctor, Stanford Law School, 1982.
Assistant to export director Bouchard Ainé et Fils, Beaune, France, 1977-1978. Consultant Dornbusch & Company, San Francisco, 1979. Legal department Wine Institute, 1981, 82.
Associate Jackson, Tufts, Cole & Black, 1982-1985. Partner International Technology Management, Los Altos, California, 1985-1991. Director Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty, Napa, since 1986, managing partner, 1993-1995.
Visiting professor Université d'Aix-Marseille Law Faculty, France, 1986, 88, 90. Lecturer Université de Bordeaux Law Faculty, France, 1988, 91, 93.
"Product Liability for Defective Alcoholic Beverages," 1989 General Assembly of the International Association of Wine Lawyers, Germany. International Legal Strategies for Regulating Wine Production and Supply," 1986 OIV Technical and Scientific Conference, Chile. Trade in Wine with Canada: A Case Study of Trade Deregulation," 7 International Tax & Business Lawyer 91-119 (Winter 1989).Co-Author: "Appellations of Origin for Wine in the U. S.," 1985 International Symposium on Vineyard and Wine Law, France. "Dismantling Wine Subsidies," Wines & Vines, October 1986. "Geographic References on United States.Wine Labels," Conference on Historic Appellations of Origin, Spain, 1987. "United States. Wine Law," 1987 General Assembly of International Association of Wine Lawyers, France, 1987. "Preparation for the Uruguay Round-Califomia Agriculture Barriers to Trade," for the California State World Trade Commission, June, 1987.Visiting Professor at Universite d’Aix-Marseille Law Faculty, Aix-en-Provence, France, Summer, 1986, 1988, 1990. Lecturer, Universite de Bordeaux Law Faculty, 1988, 1990.
United States Delegate Office International du Vin, Paris, since 1986. Member American Bar Association (committee on alcoholic beverages law since 1992), International Wine Law Association (president 1993-1995), Napa Valley Stanford Club, Hospitaliers de Pomerol.
Grapegrower and winemaker (mendelson dessert wines).
Married Marilyn Knight Mendelson, December 15, 1979. Children: Margot Knight Mendelson, Anthony Knight Mendelson.