Background
McLeod, Robert Macfarlan was born on October 13, 1925 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Green and Eliza Vest (Macfarlan) McLeod.
McLeod, Robert Macfarlan was born on October 13, 1925 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Green and Eliza Vest (Macfarlan) McLeod.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Science, 1950). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1952). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 19511952. Associate in Law, 1952-1953 and Visiting Lecturer in Law, 19651985, University of California at Berkeley. Contributor to: "Government Contracts Practice," 1964.
"California Public Contract Law," 1970. "Handbook of Constmction Management and Organization," 1973, 1980. "Arbitration of Public Contract Claims," 1979.
Constmction Litigation: Representing the Contractor, 1986, The International Constmction Law Review. Member of Study Panel of the California Public Contract Project, 19771978, Public Contract Code Committee, 1980-1985, American Arbitration Association and State Constmction Arbitration Panel. Participant, International Constmction Law Conference, Freiburg, Switzerland, 1982.
Associate faculty University California Law School, Berkeley, 1952-1953. Associate, then partner Thelen Marrin Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, 1953-1986, of counsel, since 1986. Real estate broker Hill & Company, 1986-1992.
Visiting lecturer University California Law School, Berkeley, 1965-1986. Arbitrator California State Construction Arbitration Panel, 1978-1990. Arbitrator construction industry panel American Arbitration Association, since 1982.
Judge pro tempore San Francisco Municipal Court, 1980-1981. Member California Public Contract Code Committee, 1980-1985.
Sustaining member Museum Society, San Francisco, since 1974. Member National Trust, London, since 1982, Forum for Architecture, New York City, 1984-1986, Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, 1987-1993, National Trust for History Preservation, since 1987. With infantry United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.
Member Bar Association San Francisco, State Bar California, The Guardsmen, San Francisco Golf Club, Order of Coif, Phi Alpha Delta, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Avocations: travel; golf.
Married Siddney Anne Mercer, June 21, 1950. Children– Ann Payne, William Mercer, Elizabeth Macfarlan.