William Horsley Orrick

Background

Orrick, William Horsley was born on October 10, 1915 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William Horsley and Mary (Downey) Orrick.

Education

Graduate, Hotchkiss School, 1933; Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1937; Bachelor of Laws, University of California-Berkeley, 1941.

Career

Partner, Orrick, Dahlquist, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, 1941-1961; assistant attorney general civil division, Dept Justice, 1961-1962; antitrust division, Dept Justice, 1963-1965; deputy under secretary state for administration, Department State, 1962-1963; practice law, San Francisco, 1965-1974; former partner firm, Orrick, Herrington, Rowley & Sutcliffe United States district judge, Northern District California, 1974-1985; senior judge, Northern District California, since 1985.

Achievements

• William Horsley Orrick has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president San Francisco Opera Association, Trustee, World Affairs Council;former trustee San Francisco Law Library, San Francisco Foundation, Children's Hospital San Francisco, Grace Cathedral Corporation Served to captain Military Intelligence Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Bar Association San Francisco (past trustee, treasurer).

Connections

Married Marion Naffziger, December 5,1947. Children: Mary-Louise, Marion, William Horsley III.

Father:

William Horsley Orrick

Mother:

Mary (Downey) Orrick

Spouse:

Marion Naffziger

child:

William Horsley III Orrick

child:

Marion Orrick

child:

Mary-Louise Orrick