Background
Brookes, Valentine was born on May 30, 1913 in Red Bluff, California, United States. Son of Langley and Ethel (Valentine) Brookes.
Brookes, Valentine was born on May 30, 1913 in Red Bluff, California, United States. Son of Langley and Ethel (Valentine) Brookes.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1934; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1937.
Assistant franchise tax counsel, State of California, 1937-1940; deputy attorney general, California, 1940-1942; special assistant to, United State Attorneys general, assistant to solicitor general United States, 1942-1944; partner firm, Kent & Brookes, San Francisco, 1944-1970; partner firm, Alvord & Alvord, Washington, 1944-1950; partner firm, Lee, Toomey & Kent, Washington, 1950-1979; partner firm, Brookes and Brookes, San Francisco, 1971-1988; of counsel, Brookes and Brookes, San Francisco, 1988-1990; legal consultant, Orinda, California, since 1990. Lecturer Hastings College Law, University of California, 1941-1948, University of California Law School, Berkeley, 1948-1970. Consultant federal taxation.
Board directors Children's Hospital Medical Center of N. California, 1963-1974, vice president, 1968-1970. Trustee Oakes Foundation, 1957-1970. Regent St. Mary's College, California, 1968-1988, president board, 1970-1972, emeritus member, since 1988.
Fellow American Bar Foundation (life). Member American Law Institute (life), American Bar Association (chairman committee on statute of limitations 1954-1957, member council, tax section 1960-1963), California Bar Association (chairman committee on taxation 1950-1952, 60-61), Society California Pioneers (vice president 1964, 75-86), Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Pacific Union, Orinda Country, World Trade.
Married Virginia Stovall Cunningham, February 11, 1939. Children: Langley Brookes Brandt, Lawrence Valentine, Alan Cunningham.