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Joanne M. Garvey (1935–2014) was an attorney in San Francisco, California, and was a nationally recognized expert in field of taxation. She was the first woman to serve on the California State Bar Board of Governors from 1971 to 1974, and was one of the founders of the California Women Lawyers organization in 1974. Garvey also was the first female president of the San Francisco Barristers, and in 1981 became the first female president of the Bar Association of San Francisco since the Association's founding in 1872. In addition, she served in a number of leadership positions with different sections and committees of the American Bar Association, and as a member of its Board of Governors and House of Delegates. Moreover, Garvey helped form the State Bar of California's Taxation Section, from which she also received the Section's lifetime achievement award in 1994—the Joanne M. Garvey Award—which was named for her. In 2003, Garvey received the American Bar Association Commission on Women's 2003 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award. After Garvey's death in 2014, Charles Rettig—prior to becoming Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service—stated that: "From every perspective, Joanne Garvey was a legend… She was among the most highly respected lawyers in the United States (tax or otherwise)".

Education

Garvey grew up in Oakland, California. She attended Holy Names High School, where she was a member of the basketball team. Garvey received her undergraduate degree with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, obtained a master's degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley, and received her juris doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law, where she was one of only five women in her graduating class.

Professional life

Garvey began her career as an attorney in Santa Barbara, California, in 1962, and then practiced at the law firm Jordan, Keeler and Seligman in San Francisco, California, for 25 years. She later joined the San Francisco-based law firm Heller Ehrman in 1988, and then moved to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton after the Heller Ehrman firm dissolved in 2008.

References

1. ^ "Joanne Garvey, 'Founding Mother' of CWL, Dies at 79". Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Metropolitan News. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
2. Egelko, Bob (September 15, 2014). "Joanne Garvey, respected tax lawyer and women's mentor, dies". SF Gate. SF Gate. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
3. Graham, Scott. "Joanne Garvey, First Female BASF President, 1935-2014". The Recorder. The Recorder. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
4. Marion, James. "Remembering Two Trailblazers" (PDF). SFBar.org. Bar Association of San Francisco. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
5. "Past Recipients for the Joanne M. Garvey Award". California Lawyers Association. California Lawyers Association. Retrieved July 20, 2019.; Schainbaum, Martin. "Joanne M. Garvey Award Acceptance Remarks". California Lawyers Association. California Tax Lawyer. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
6. Horton Flaherty, Kristina. "Joanne Garvey honored for breaking the glass ceiling". California Bar Journal. California Bar Journal.
7. "Joanne Garvey Remembered as a Pioneer in SALT" (PDF). University of Connecticut School of Law. Tax Analysts. Retrieved July 20, 2019.

• 1935 births
• 2014 deaths
• University of California, Berkeley alumni
• California lawyers
• 20th-century American women lawyers
• Tax lawyers
• 20th-century American lawyers
• 21st-century American women