Judge Renfrew graduated Phi Beta
Kappa from Princeton University in 1952 and from the University of Michigan Law
School in 1956, where he was a member of the Law review and Order of the Coif.
He served in the United States Navy (1946 – 1948) and was a forward
observer in Korea for the United States Army (1952 – 1953).
He joined Pillsbury, Madison &
Sutro in 1956, becoming a partner in 1965. In February 1972, he was appointed
Unites States District Judge for the Northern District of California, where he
served until February 1980. In 1980-1981, Judge Renfrew was Deputy Attorney
General of the United States in Washington, D.C. Thereafter, he joined
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro for two years. In 1983, he became Vice President
of Chevron Corporation, responsible for its legal affairs, and in 1984, a
Director. After retiring from Chevron, he was a partner at LeBoeuf, Lamb,
Greene & MacRae from 1993-1997.
Among his many professional
associations, Mr. Renfrew has served as President of the American College of
Trial Lawyers, as well as a Fellow, Regent and Treasurer. He was Vice Chairman
of the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association, and is currently on
its Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. He served as a member of the
American Law Institute, the American Judicature Society, the Association of
General Counsel, the Legal Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange,
and as Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, as Chairman of the Advisory Board
of International and Comparative Law Center of the Southwestern Legal
Foundation, as Chairman of the General Committee on Law, American Petroleum
Institute, and as Chairman of the Special Committee to Study the Problem of
Discovery of the Federal Judicial Center. He taught trial advocacy and other
courses at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley,
California. In March of 2001, Mr. Renfrew became a member of ADR Chambers
International.
Judge Renfrew has been active in a
wide range of community organizations, including service on the boards of
Princeton University, Claremont University Center, the San Francisco Symphony,
the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education
Fund, the Lawyer Committee for Civil Rights and the Council for Civic Unity. He
has also served as a board member on a number of for-profit corporations.
