Garvey, Joanne M.

Details
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Taxation
Profession:
Taxation
Regions and States of Practice:
CA, West
Legal Education:
UC Berkeley School of Law - Boalt Hall
Other Education:
University of California at Berkeley
Positions During Her Career:
Attorney in a Santa Barbara firm that specialized in taxation
Attorney for Jordan, Keeler and Seligman in San Francisco (1963-1988)
Attorney and now "retired partner" at Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe (1988-?)
President of the San Francisco Barristers
President of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Sat on the State Bar's board of governors
Launched the State Bar's Taxation Section
Helped found California Women Lawyers
Served as the California State Delegate to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates
Firsts:
Woman president of the San Francisco Barristers
Woman president of the Bar Association of San Francisco
Woman to sit on the State Bar's board of governors in California
Person to receive the State Bar's Taxation Section's lifetime achievement award
Woman to serve as the California State Delegate to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates
Accomplishments:
Received the lifetime achievement award from the State Bar's Taxation Section
Received the American Bar Association Commission on Women's Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award (2003)
Further Research Materials

References:
Joanne Garvey Honored For Breaking The Glass Ceiling
Kristina Horton Flaherty, Joanne Garvey honored for breaking the glass ceiling, Californai Bar Journal (August 2003), available at: http://calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_cbj.jsp?sCategoryPath=/Home/Attorney%20Resources/California%20Bar%20Journal/August2003&sCatHtmlPath=cbj/08_TH_12_Joanne-Garvey.html&sCatHtmlTitle=Top%20Headlines
Profile: Joanne M. Garvey, The San Francisco Banner Daily Journal, August 7, 1987

Links:
Joanne Garvey honored for breaking the glass ceiling