Secretary of State Taps San Francisco Lawyer: Longtime Deputy City Attorney to Serve as Office's General Counsel The Recorder, 4/29/03
California's new secretary of state, Kevin Shelley, has tapped San Francisco Deputy City Attorney Randy Riddle to be general counsel. …
Deputy City Attorney Wayne Snodgrass ['90] , a member of the government litigation team, will take over as its chief, Riddle said. …
In about five years in the city attorney's office — all spent on the government litigation team — Snodgrass, a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law, said he has handled several cases involving the First Amendment and open-meeting laws. …
Civil Warrior, Retired San Francisco Daily Journal, 4/25/03
Oakland class-action whiz Guy Saperstein ['69] closed the book on his legal career once and for all at the start of this year after nearly a decade in retirement.
In January, the firm formerly known as Saperstein Goldstein Demchak Baller Borgen & Dardarian dropped his well-known name from its letterhead. A month later, his autobiography, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney, appeared on bookstore shelves. …
S.F. Lawyer Creates Global Bill of Rights The San Francisco Chronicle, 4/14/03
Kirk Boyd's ['85] office in San Francisco's Presidio has a hodgepodge of paintings (including one of founding father James Madison), sculptures (Rodin's "The Thinker" is prominent), globes and books that inspire him to continue working.
For five years, Boyd has devoted his life to researching and crafting a document he says will revolutionize the way the world treats its citizens. …
When he addresses the United Nations Human Rights Commission Tuesday in Geneva, Boyd will—for the first time—publicly argue for implementation of the International Bill of Rights. …
