Obituaries
Jan. 5, 2021
Mary Jo Shartsis, 1942-2020
Litigator was elegant, tough and up to any challenge
Mary Jo Shartsis (Courtesy of Shartsis Friese LLP)
Litigator Mary Jo C. Shartsis, co-founder of Shartsis Friese LLP and one of the pioneers of women in law in San Francisco, “was the person you wanted on your side when things got difficult,” said her husband of 49 years, Arthur J. Shartsis. He confirmed her death on Sunday at 78.
“Mary Jo was an icon to women lawyers,” said longtime friend Joan Messing Graff, president of Legal Aid at Work, which Shartsis had served as a chair and b...
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