Building the corporate-securities practice at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro: 1942-1982
By: interview conducted by Carole Hicke ; introduction by Paul L. Davies, Jr. ; The Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Davies, Paul L.,Jr.; Hicke, Carole.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Kirkham, Francis.; Sutro, John Alfred, 1905-; Smith, Felix T.; American President Lines, Ltd.; Boeing Company.; Chevron Corporation.; FMC Corporation.; Gulf Oil Corporation.; Occidental Petroleum Corporation.; Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.; Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.; Law firms -- California -- San Francisco.; Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco.
Other titles: Building the corporate securities practice at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro; Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro oral history series.
Description: Speaks about his family background and early law practice. Among the clients and cases he speaks of are American President Lines, Boeing Company, Chevron Corporation, FMC Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Occidental Petroleum, and Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company. He also describes the growth of the Corporate-Securities Practice Group. He recalls working with Francis Kirkham, Paul L. Davies, Jr., Jack A. Sutro, Sr., and Felix Smith, among others.