Background
Roddis, Richard Stiles Law was born on March 18, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Louis Harry and Winifred Emily (Stiles) Roddis.
consultant company executive legal educator
Roddis, Richard Stiles Law was born on March 18, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Louis Harry and Winifred Emily (Stiles) Roddis.
Bachelor of Arts, San Diego (California) State College, 1951; Juris Doctor, University of California-Berkeley, 1954.
Deputy attorney general California, San Francisco, 1954-1958. Deputy attorney general, chief section business law and investment frauds unit Los Angeles, 1961-1963. Practiced law San Diego, 1958-1961.
Chief deputy insurance commissioner California Los Angeles, 1963-1965. Insurance commissioner, 1966-1968. Professor law University Washington, Seattle, 1968-1995.
Professor emeritus University washington, since 1995. Dean University Washington (School Law), 1970-1978. Chairman, chief executive officer Unigard Security Insurance Company, Seattle, 1984-1988.
Consultant Stewart Economics, Inc., since 1988. Adviser United States Department Transportation, 1968-1970, National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1971-1972. Chairman Governor Washington Task Force on Catastrophic Health Care Costs, 1973-1974.
Member steering committee Medical Injury Compensation Study, Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences, 1976.
Board of directors Saul Haas Foundation. Board directors Crista Ministries, 1986-1991. Member American Bar Association (commission to improve liability insurance system 1988), State Bar California, State Bar Washington, National Association Insurance Commissioners (chairman blanks committee, chairman laws and legislation committee, vice chairman of the executive committee 1966-1968).
Married Joanne Margreta Hagen, August 16, 1953. Children: Kathryn Hazel Roddis Meyer, Linda Marie Roddis McGinley, Victoria Anne Roddis Hoefer, Margaret Mae Roddis Rumpeltes, Richard Louis Martin.