Criminal
Mar. 9, 2012
Longtime federal public defender left his mark on SF defense bar
Fellow criminal defense lawyers assess the impact recently retired Federal Public Defender Barry Portman had on the local bar during his 38 years in the office, 24 of which he spent at the helm.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
It's a long-forgotten bit of history how the San Francisco federal criminal defense bar got to be the force it is today.
During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, the city became a magnet for draft dodgers, who learned that getting caught in Mississippi could lead to three years in prison, while an arrest in San Francisco might only mean probation.
Defending selective service violations ...
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