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Nov. 13, 2006

Man of Faith and Judicial Excellence

SAN FRANCISCO - His mother was a high school dropout. His father was an alcoholic who didn't make it past the third grade.

Read more about J. Clifford Wallace...
Man of Faith and Judicial Excellence
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Career Highlights: U.S. Navy petty officer second class, 1946-49; private practice, San Diego, 1955-70; board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1988-91; member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1991-95; nominated October 1970, confirmed October 1970, senior status April 1996

Law School: UC Berkeley Boalt Hall, LLB, 1995
By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - His mother was a high school dropout. His father was an alcoholic who didn't make it past the third grade.
      Education was not a priority in the childhood home of J. Clifford Wallace.
      "There was never anything about doing homework," Wallace said of his San Diego home. "I rea... (continued)

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