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Alexander Hawes, LLP: Attorney Biographies: Richard Alexander - Public Service, Professional and Community Activities

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PUBLIC SERVICE [^]

Vice-Chair, California Commission on Mandatory Malpractice Insurance, 1986-1987; Federal Court Bankruptcy Judge Merit Selection Panel, Northern District of California, 1987; Chair, Santa Clara County Fair Judicial Election Commission, 1984; Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee Member, elected to two-year term, June Primary Election 1978, re-elected June, 1980; Chairman, Santa Clara County Data Confidentiality Commission, 1977-1978; Commissioner, 1976-1978. Author, Santa Clara County Information Practices Ordinance, 1977 Chair, Santa Clara County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, 1978-1980; Member, 1978-1982; Santa Clara County Public Defender Charter Amendment Task Force, 1980; Santa Clara County Jail Overcrowding Task Force, 1978-1981; Co-Chair, Superior Court Arbitration Administration Committee, 1979-1983; Superior Court Judge, pro tempore, Santa Clara County, 1976-1983, 1985- ; Superior Court Arbitrator, Santa Clara County, 1976- ; Special Master, Santa Clara County Superior Court, Appointed by the Board of Governors, State Bar of California, 1980-; Alameda County Superior Court Settlement Conference Commissioner, Early Disposition Program, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES [^]

Vice President, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1995; Executive Board 1995. Board of Governors, California Trial Lawyers' Association, 1990-; Executive Committee 1991; Membership Chair, 1991; Board of Directors, California Lawyers' PAC, 1989; Board of Governors, The State Bar of California, 1985-88; Vice President, 1987-88; Chair, Board of Governors' Legislation and Courts Committee, 1987-88; Chair, Board of Governors' Litigation Committee, 1986- 1987; Membership on Board of Governors' Committees: Legislation, 1985-1986; Courts, 1985-1986; Administration and Finance, 1986-1987; Communications and Bar Relations, 1986-1988; Litigation, 1986-1988; Liaison to Board of Governors' Committee on Women in the Law, Litigation Section Executive Committee, California Lawyer Editorial Board, and State Bar Committee on Public Affairs; Vice-Chair, Commission on Mandatory Malpractice Insurance for California Attorneys, 1986-1987; President, Santa Clara County Bar Association, 1984; President, Santa Clara County Bar Foundation, 1984; Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, The State Bar of California, 1977-1980; Santa Clara County Bar Association: Trustee 1979-1980, 1982- 1983; Lawyers Committee on Women, 1976-; Client Relations and Professional Ethics Committee, 1977-1980; Executive Committee, Consumer Law Section, 1977-1978; Long Range Planning, 1979-1980; Judiciary Committee, 1979; Executive Committee, 1983; Founding Sponsor, Civil Justice Foundation, 1987; Santa Clara County Public Interest Law Foundation, Board of Directors, 1983-1984; Founding Member and Treasurer, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1972-1974; Member of the Board of Governors, 1972-1975; Panel Attorney, San Francisco Lawyers Committee Title VII Project, San Francisco Lawyers Committee for Urban Affairs, 1971-1975; Member: Santa Clara County Bar Association, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association, California Trial Lawyers Association, State Bar of California, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, United States District Court for the Northern District of California Historical Society.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES[^]

Charity auctioneer and fund raiser: Stanford University Lively Arts Program, Theatreworks, Santa Clara County Bar Foundation, Woodside Priory School, Peninsula Conservation Center, Stanford Urban League, Castilleja School, Sacred Heart Academy, Santa Clara County Boy Scouts Council, Friends School, Santa Clara County Lung Association, Crystal Springs and Uplands School, Peninsula School, Pinewood School, Palo Alto Neighbors Abroad, The National Conference of Christians & Jews, Inc., Child Advocates; Board of Directors, Palo Alto High School Sports Boosters, 1989-92; Chair, Palo Alto High School Wrestling Team Boosters, 1989-91; Co-Chair, Friends of Boston College Wrestling, 1991; Founding Director, Santa Clara County Law Library Foundation; Committee to Explore a Foundation for the Palo Alto Unified School District, 1984; Vice-Chairman, School Improvement Program (SIP), Fairmeadow School, Palo Alto Unified School District, 1977-1978; Financial Planning Committee, Duveneck School, Palo Alto Unified School District, 1983; Member, Palo Alto Unified School District Task Force on Special Education, 1975-1979; Director, Japanese American Environmental Conference, 1979-1981; Board of Advisors, San Jose Athletic Club, 1981-1985; Sponsor, NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund, 10th Pro Bono Legal Services Awards, San Francisco, May 1994; Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County, 1995.

Updated July 12, 1995