Background
Raven, Robert Dunbar was born on September 26, 1923 in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. Son of Christian and Gladys L. (Dunbar) Raven.
Raven, Robert Dunbar was born on September 26, 1923 in Cadillac, Michigan, United States. Son of Christian and Gladys L. (Dunbar) Raven.
Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949). University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Laws, 1952). Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi.
Revising Editor, California Law Review, 1951-1952. President, Boalt Hall Alumni Association, 1972-1973.
Working as a partner of MRSN FOERS WSH. ROBERT D. RAVEN, born Cadillac, Michigan, September 26, 1923. Admitted to bar, 1953, California. Education: Michigan State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1949).
University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Laws, 1952). Order of the Coif; Delta Theta Phi. Revising Editor, California Law Review, 1951-1952.
President, Boalt Hall Alumni Association, 1972-1973. Member: American Law Institute, since 1960. American Judicature Society, since 1981.
Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1983-1986. Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association, since 1988. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers, since 1970.
American Bar Foundation, since 1971. International Academy of Trial Lawyers, since 1987. President, American Bar Association, 1988-1989.
California State Delegate, House of Delegates, 1987. Bar Association of San Francisco Delegate, House of Delegates, 1978. Chair, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1978-1980.
Chair, Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, 19811983. Chair, Committee on the Trial of Antitrust Cases, Section of Litigation, 1975-1976. Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1953, California.
Board directors Bay Area United Service Organizations, 1964-1973, president, 1968-1970. Member San Francisco Mayor's Criminal Justice Council, 1971-1972. Co-chairman San Francisco Lawyer's Committee for Urban Affairs, 1976-1978.
Board directors Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1976-1996. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American Bar Association (president 1989, member standing committee federal judiciary 1975-1980, chairman 1978-1980, chairman standing committee on legal aid and indigent defendants 1981-1983, chair standing committee dispute resolution 1991-1993, chair section dispute resolution 1993-1994), Federal Bar Association, American Arbitration Association (board directors 1988-1996), CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (member executive committee), International Academy Trial Lawyers, State Bar California (governor 1978-1981, president 1981), Bar Association San Francisco (president 1971), American Law Institute, American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, Boalt Hall Alumni Association (president 1972-1973), World Trade Club (San Francisco), Order of Coif.
Married Leslie Kay Erickson, June 21, 1947. Children: Marta Ellen, Matt Robert, Brett Lincoln.