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Patrick S. Hallinan

Mr. Hallinan is a trial attorney specializing in the litigation of complex criminal cases in state and federal court. He has practiced law in San Francisco for thirty-eight years and, throughout his career, has been active in high-profile legal and political issues involving the conflict between the exercise of governmental power and individual liberty. He has been named the leading criminal defense lawyer in the Bay Area Surveys by the San Francisco Examiner and Attorney of the Year by California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as well as by the Drug Policy Commission of Washington, D.C. He has also been a frequent speaker at various bar and legal functions.

Mr. Hallinan has represented author Ken Kesey, San Francisco District Attorney Joe Freitas, California Court of Appeal Justice William Newsom, Congressman John Burton, Black Panther author Eldridge Cleaver, the Soledad Seven, San Francisco Sheriff Richard Hongisto, Federal District Court Judge Robert Aguilar, and former California Schools Superintendant William Honig. Mr. Hallinan was also featured in the PBS series Frontline: Snitch, a documentary about the harmful effects of the government's use of paid informants in the federal criminal justice system.

Mr. Hallinan graduated from Hastings College of the Law (J.D. 1962) and the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1959, M.A. 1971).

   

Kenneth H. Wine

Mr. Wine specializes in complex federal and state criminal cases. In 1998, he was appointed to the Federal Courts Committee of the State Bar of California and, in 1995, was the first criminal defense attorney selected as a keynote speaker at the convention of the National Association of Treasury Agents in Las Vegas, speaking to federal agents in the U.S. Customs, Secret Service, ATF, and Treasury Department regarding the responsibilities of police officers in a free society. Mr. Wine also has been appointed as a panel trial attorney by the United States District Court in Northern California to represent indigent criminal defendants under the Federal Courts Criminal Justice Act.

Mr. Wine graduated from Ohio State University (B.S. 1985, J.D. 1989). While in law school, he served as a member of the Ohio State Journal on Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is the author of Latin America and Self-Determination, which was awarded Honorable Mention at the 1989 Inter-American Bar Association's writing competition in Cartegena, Colombia. Mr. Wine also worked with the Ohio Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, where he was awarded a Legal Fellowship.
 
 

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