In 1973 George Porter, tired of seeing the needs of criminal defense lawyers ignored, wrote a letter to the criminal defense attorneys throughout California proposing a statewide criminal defense organization. In September, the following defense lawyers meet to discuss the need for such an organization.

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice is born!

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Gratefully Recognizes our Founding Members for Their Insight and Motivation in Establishing the First State-Wide Association for Criminal Defense Attorneys to Improve the Criminal Justice System.

Protecting the U.S. Constitution for 35 Years! 

Richard Alexander, San Jose
Jules Bonjour, Hayward
Marvin S. Cahn, Beaverton Oregon
Ramon Castro, San Diego
Richard Erwin (Deceased)
Paul J. Fitzgerald (Deceased)
Albert Caesar Garber, Los Angeles
Charles Garry (Deceased)
Martha Goldin, Los Osos
Gerson Horn, Los Angeles
Louis S. Katz, Oakland
John W. Kennedy, Jr., Laguna Beach
Matthew Kurilich, Tustin
Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco
Michael McClure, Santa Ana
    Luke McKissack, Los Angeles
    Dennis G. Merenbach, Santa Barbara
James H. Newhouse, Monterey
George Porter (Deceased)
Sheldon Portman, Las Vegas Nevada
Robert Roberson, Pasadena
Harriet Ross, San Francisco
Marshall Schulman, San Francisco
Spencer Strellis, Oakland
Barry Tarlow, Los Angeles
Gerald Francis Uelmen, Santa Clara
George Walker, San Francisco
Howard L. Weitzman, Santa Monica