RESUME
Retired San Diego Superior Court Judge, January, 20ll: 28 years a Judge.
Returned to Law Practice, March, 2011
OLINS REVIERE COATES & BAGULA
2214 Second Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Tel: (619) 272-4235
Fax: (619) 272-4309
SERVICE: USNR Seabee Reserve, 1955-63
HOBBIES: Swimming, Hiking, Camping, Gemstone Mining, Writing
EDUCATION:
1970 Juris Doctor, California Western School of Law
1959 Bachelor of Science, Geology, San Diego State University
EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE:
1982 - Present Judge of the Municipal and Superior Courts, San Diego
Present, Criminal Trials, Preliminary Hearings, Arraignments
Domestic Violence Rest. Order Court, 2007
Presiding Civil Division Judge (Municipal Court), 1988-89, 1993-94
Chair, Substance Abuse Committee (Municipal Court), 1996-1998 (New DUI Program)
Member, Superior Court Substance Abuse Committee, 2001-09
Justice Systems Chair, 1999 County Drug Summit
Member, Methamphetamine Task Force Executive Committee, 1997-01
Member, Youth Access to Alcohol Policy Panel 1995-1999
Chair, San Diego Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, 1996
1981 - 1995 Occasional Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego School of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
1984 - 1987 Environmental and Natural Resources Law Forum Director, USD Law School
EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE:
1971 - 1982 Partner, Coates & Miller, Attorneys San Diego, California
Thirteen-attorney law firm emphases--litigation, injury, natural resources, environmental law. Represented numerous
mining and oil companies, two title companies, Churches
1964, 1966 Democratic Nominee, California Legislature, 78th District
1961 - 1963 Administrative Analyst, City Manager's Staff, City of San Diego
1959 - 1961 Junior Civil Engineer - Construction Inspector/Design/Administrator, Engineering Department, City of San Diego
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
2005 – 2008 Trustee, Anza-Borrego Foundation
1988* – 2008 President, Understanding Climate Change, Ltd. (Rotary)
2003 – 2004 President, Mission Valley Rotary Club
Director, W. Regional Committee, International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians
2001 – 2003 Secretary, Executive Committee, San Diego Chapter, Sierra Club
1997 - 1998 Scoutmaster, Troop 4, La Jolla
1995 - 1998 Chair, Veteran Scouters of San Diego
1989 - 1990 First Vice President, San Diego Natural History Museum
1989 Founding Chair, Friends of San Diego Parks Recreation Foundation
1986 - 1996 Board Chair, Trustee, San Diego County. Public Law Library
1986 Founding Chair, San Diego County Council of Environmental Organization
1985 - 1989 Founding President, San Diego State University Geology Department Alumni
1985 - 1987 Director, San Diego County Judges Assn.
1985 - 1987 Varsity Scouting County Chair, Desert Pacific Council, BSA
1985 - 1986 President, San Diego Ecology Centre
1984 - 1985 President, San Diego Mental Health Association
1984 - 1991 Executive Board Member, Desert Pacific Council Boy Scouts
1984-85, 200 President, Eagle Scout Alumni Assn.
1981 - 1997 Law Teachers Committee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
1980 - 1982 Director/Officer, San Diego Trial Lawyers Assn.
1974 – 1975 President, Democratic Professional Club
MEMBERSHIPS: American Geological Institute, Anza-Borrego Foundation, Torrey Pines Assoc., The Baja Group, MENSA, Mission Valley Rotary Club, San Diego Natural History Museum, SDSU Geology Alumni, Sierra Club, St. Stephens Church, Theodore Roosevelt Assn.
PUBLICATIONS: A STREET IS NOT A HOME: Solving America's Homeless Dilemma (book, 1990)
The Guys’ Who Can’t Cook’s Cookbook (1992)
Ships Crossing At The Dead of Night (poetry) 1984
Ending Chronic Homelessness in America’s Major Cities –The Justice Systems’ Duty (USF Law Review 2007)
Trustees of the Justice System: Quasi-Judicial Activity and the Failure of the 1990 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct 617
USD L. Rev 647 (1994)
Legal Rights of Homeless Americans. 297 USF L. Rev 361 (1990)
Asserting Mineral Rights Against the U.S. Government in Federal Court 337 C. W. L. Rev. 390 (1984)
Earhart v. Wm. Low Co. California Reassesses the Definition of Quasi-Contractual Relations 422 C. W. L. Rev. 437 ( 1980)
Dozens of articles in legal publications, including DICTA, (Judges Assn., CTLA Forum Magazine, Trial Bar News, L.A. Daily Journal
Most Recent Article: Geology of the Sierra San Pedro Martir, Robert C. Coates and Donald Albright (2010) Proceedings of the San
Diego Association of Geologists
HONORS:
2007 2007 Service to the World Award, Rotary
2006 Rotary/Scouting Cliff Doctorman Award
2004 Re-Elected Judge, 69.4% of vote County wide
2003 Community Service Award, S.D. Co. Judges Association
1999 Humanitarian Award, Coalition for the Homeless
1998 God and Country Award, BSA
1997 Judicial Excellence Award, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego
1995 Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
1991 Warren Williams Advocacy Award, American & California Psychiatric Assns.
1991 Distinguished Service, Rotary ("Preserve Planet Earth")
1991 One of Ten San Diego “Citizens of the Year,” City Club
1990 Frank Curran Humanitarian of the Year, Central City Assn. of San Diego
1988 Honorary Juris Doctor, Western State University College of Law
1987 Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America
1986 President's Award, San Diego Trial Lawyers Assn.
1984 Baylor Brooks Distinguished Geology Graduate, San Diego State University
1984 Community Service Award, San Diego Housing Commission
1982 Founder's Recognition, The Crime Victim's Fund
1982 Poetry (First Prize), San Diego Writers & Editors Guild
1978 Co-Volunteer of the Year, San Diego Mental Health Assn.
1974 Certification to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
1970 Key to the City of Coronado (for “public courage")
1969 Justice, Beaumont Chapter, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
1967 Water Safety Award (lifesaving, three persons), American Red Cross
1964/66 Nominee, State Assembly, 78th District
1964 Nominee for State Assembly, 78th District.
1962 Winner, Campership of the Year, to "a young person likely to make a significant lifetime contribution to the cause of conservation"
(Grand Canyon raft trip), National Sierra Club
1960 San Diego County Chair, Young Democrats
1959 Distinguished Graduate, San Diego State University
1954 Baseball MVP, La Jolla High School
1954 Eagle Scout
