Charles Byron Renfrew
Charles Byron Renfrew ( born October 31, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan ) is a retired American lawyer, judge and business manager, who was also Deputy U.S. Attorney General.
Life
Rise to U.S. Deputy Attorney General and Chevron manager
Renfrew made after the first school from 1946 to 1948 his military service in the U.S. Navy before he went on to study at Princeton University, where in 1952 a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) acquired. After he then found himself again during the Korean War in the U.S. Army in active military service, he studied from 1953 to 1956 Law at the University of Michigan Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) from.
After his subsequent attorney's admission he was first employed as an attorney in 1956 the law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, before he was from 1965 to 1972 a partner in this firm. Then he was from 1972 to 1980 Judge at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
1980, the appointment of Renfrew, a member of the Democratic Party, the U.S. Deputy Attorney General and thus to the Assistant Attorney General in the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
After the end of Carter's term, he returned in 1981 as a partner in the law firm Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro back and was then 1983-1993 Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President for Legal Affairs of the petroleum company Chevron Corporation. After leaving Chevron he was most recently from 1993 to 1997 Partner of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, a law firm with 700 lawyers today and based in New York City.
Volunteering
Renfrew was also involved in legal organizations such as the American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Association of General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco, Southwestern Legal Foundation and the Supreme Court Historical Society and was also president of the American College of Trial Lawyers, President of the International Institute for Conflict Resolution and Prevention, and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts.
In addition, Renfrew, who is also a member of the connections Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa, was also Chairman of the Main Committee on Legal Affairs of the American Petroleum Institute, and from 1974 to 1991 Member of the Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony, and then between 1991 and 1996 Trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1982 he was also working for the Council on Foreign Relations.