Hon. William Stein
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
B.A. San Francisco State University, 1962
J.D. Hastings College of the Law, 1965, admitted to the California State
Bar 1966.
Also admitted: United States District Court for the Northern District of
California, United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States
Supreme Court and United States Court of Military Appeals.
2008 Completed the STAR program offered by the Straus Institute for
Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University's School of Law.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Judicial Experience
1988-2008 Court of Appeal – Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian
Court of Appeal's Building and Space Committee
Appellate Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council
Federal-State Judicial Council, 1990-1995
1985-1988 San Francisco Superior Court, Civil/Criminal Trial Departments
Judicial Council, Court Management and State Funding of the Trial
Courts, 1987
1984-1985 San Francisco Municipal Court, Civil/Criminal Trial
Departments
Legal & Trial Experience
1981-1984 Senior and Chief Assistant Attorney General, in charge of San
Francisco office and Criminal Division
1966-1981 Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division
Specialized in criminal appellate cases, constitutional law
MEMBERSHIPS AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
Justice Stein is a fourth generation native San Franciscan, educated in
the City's parochial and public schools.
Current Memberships
University of California Alumni Association, San Francisco Opera
Association, St. Francis Yacht Club, Olympic Club, Classic Yacht
Association, and Sovereign Order of St. John
Previous Memberships
California District Attorneys Association, Aircraft Owners & Pilots
Association, Soaring Society of America, Jaguar Associate Group, United
States Power Squadron, California Heritage Council, and Northern
California Samoyed Fanciers
Boards of Directors
Clay-Jones Apartments Condominium Association, St. Francis Yacht Club,
San Francisco Girls Choral Association, "Great Hall Project" for
Hastings College of the Law.
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