Background
Odgers, Richard William was born on December 31, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard Stanley and Elsie Maude (Trevarthen) Odgers.
Odgers, Richard William was born on December 31, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Richard Stanley and Elsie Maude (Trevarthen) Odgers.
Wayne State University and University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1959). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1961). (Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Pacific Telesis Group, San Francisco).
Associate, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1961-1969; partner, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1969-1987, 98-; executive vice president, general counsel, Pacific Telesis Group, 1987-1998; consultant, Pacific Telesis Group, since 1998.
Director, executive vice president Legal Aid Society San Francisco. Steering committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund. Chairman Legal Cmty. Against Violence.
Director, secretary/treasurer Van Loben Sels Charitable Foundation Served with United States Naval Reserve. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Legal Aid Society San Francisco (board directors, vice president), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (legal defense fund steering committee).
Married Gail C. Bassett, August 29, 1959. Children: Thomas R., Andrew B.