PROFESSIONAL RESUME
Leonard
J. Klaif
412 N. Fulton
Street
Ojai, California 93023
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1657
Ojai, California 93024
Telephone
(805) 640-9659
Cell Phone (805) 794-3648
FAX (805) 640-9679
E-Mail len@klaif4ojai.com
3/1/95 - present
SELF-EMPLOYED
Private Practice Limited to Criminal Defense,
Primarily Appeals.
Law Offices of Leonard J. Klaif
Address and Phone as Above
9/24/90-2/28/95
California Appellate Project (CAP-LA)
520 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 400
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 243-0300
CAP coordinates the program under which indigent persons convicted
of felonies in the Second Judicial District are appointed appellate
counsel.
9/87-9/90
Law Offices of James Blatt
1600 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1208
Encino, California 91436
(818) 986-4180
2/73-8/81
Private Practice
Buffalo, New York
General practice, with majority of work criminal defense trials.
8/81-8/87
I took a six year sabbatical from the practice of law. During that
time I worked at B. Dalton Bookstore while attended massage school.
I earned my certification as a Massage Technician and then served
as a teaching assistant at the Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing
in Santa Monica.
Education University of Iowa College of Law
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
J.D. (With Distinction) 1972
State University
of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
B.A. (Economics) 1969
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the New York State Bar; February, 1973 (currently voluntary
inactive)
Admitted to
the California State Bar; February, 1989
State Bar No. 140937
CLE Lecturer
California Appellate Defense Counsel—South Bay and Ventura Chapters
Los Angeles
County Juvenile Bar Association
MEMBERSHIPS
Ojai Center for the Arts
Member of the Board of Trustees
President 1996 - 2002
Vice-president 2006-2009
Treasurer - 1994-95
Theatre Branch Chair 2009
Supporting
Member of Theatre 150
Member Chamber of Commerce
Member Ojai
Valley Green Coalition
Member Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Member Ojai
Valley Democratic Club
Here Linda and I with the grandkids
recently when they came
for a visit. We wore Auston out!
Okay, Here
I am in Michigan with my mother-in-law Dorothy,
daughters Samantha and Lauren and niece Robin for Dorothy's
90th birthday in 2008. She's 91 now and going strong.
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