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Aug. 21, 2004

Visionary Cultivated What Was Best in People

When Bob Raven passed away last Saturday, many lawyers and judges reflected on his amazing career. There are the titles: chair of Morrison & Foerster; president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the State Bar and the ABA; chairperson of the ABA Committee on the Judiciary and first chair of the ABA Section on Alternate Dispute Resolution. But there was so much more to the man than can be captured in a short piece by just one partner and friend.

        When Bob Raven passed away last Saturday, many lawyers and judges reflected on his amazing career. There are the titles: chair of Morrison & Foerster; president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the State Bar and the ABA; chairperson of the ABA Committee on the Judiciary an...

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