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Janet Meik Wright
Born
Janet Leigh Meik
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (B.A)
University of Southern California Law School (J.D.)
OccupationLaw professor
Known forExpert on estate planning, community property, and closely held business transactions
SpouseJonathan T. Wright

Janet Leigh Meik Wright is an American attorney who has taught community property, estate planning and non-profit institutions at the University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Davis.

Biography

Wright was born in Missoula, Montana, and studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she competed in debate and received an B.A. in 1968.[1][2] She attended the University of Southern California School of Law, serving as editor-in-chief of the Southern California Law Review, and graduating Order of the Coif with a J.D. in 1971.[3][4] After law school, she clerked for Justice Raymond E. Peters of the California Supreme Court, and then for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court William O. Douglas from 1972 to 1973.[5][6][7] She clerked during the same term for Douglas as Carol Bruch, and was among the first female law clerks.[8] Following her clerkships, she returned to Los Angeles and entered the private practice of law.[9][10] She was active in State Bar committees, serving in 1987 on the Executive Committee of the Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Section that worked with the Law Revision Commission on statutory reforms.[11][12]

Currently, she practices at her own law firm in Fresno, California, where she specializes in estate planning, taxation, and general business transactions, with an emphasis on planning for closely-hold businesses and charitable planning.

Personal life

In 1968, she married Richard K. Sigler in Los Angeles. The couple divorced. In 1974, she re-married to Jonathan T. Wright.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Correction". El Gaucho, UC Santa Barbara student newspaper. 46 (42): 7. December 3, 1965. Retrieved June 23, 2019. Janet Meik placed as a semi-finalist in junior women's oratory
  2. ^ Hickman, Shirley (February 11, 2003). "School Talk: Club continues giving youth a great experience". The Porterville Recorder. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Masthead, Editorial Board". USC Law Review. 44 (2). 1970–71. Retrieved June 22, 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. ^ "USC Judicial Clerkship Handbook" (PDF). Career Services Office, USC Law School. 2013–2014. p. Appendix B. Retrieved June 22, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  5. ^ Douglas, William O. (1980). The Court years, 1939-1975: the autobiography of William O. Douglas. New York: Random House. p. 416. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ^ Woodward, Bob; Armstrong, Scott (2011). The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439126349. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Peppers, Todd C.; Ward, Artemus (2012). In Chambers: Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. p. Footnote 131. ISBN 9780813932651.
  8. ^ Szmer, John J.; Kaheny, Erin B.; Christensen, Robert K. (2014). "Taking a Dip in the Supreme Court Clerk Pool: Gender-Based Discrepancies in Clerk Selection". Marquette Law Review. 98: 261, 268. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. ^ California Legal Directory. Legal Directories Publishing Company. 1974. p. 702. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  10. ^ California Legal Directory. Legal Directories Publishing Company. 1975. p. 761. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "Exhibit 5, Memo 87-82, Letter to California Law Commission with comments on proposed Abatements and Accounts language" (PDF). California Law Revision Commission. September 9, 1987. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "Letter of Kathryn A. Ballsun to James Quillinan regarding Law Revision Commission Memorandum 87-7, Marital Deduction" (PDF). California Law Revision Commission. February 13, 1987. p. 16. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  13. ^ "News". New Times. 3: 28. 1974. Retrieved June 22, 2019. the case of Johnny Wright, a black laborer, who last year was dating one of William O. Douglas' white law clerks
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