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George Kieffer is a partner and member of the Executive Committee of the national law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. He focuses on regulatory issues and oversees major business litigation, business transactions and government-related matters.
Mr. Kieffer has been called upon to undertake various civic and public assignments, including successfully chairing the commission charged with rewriting the Los Angeles City Charter. The new City Charter, the first full revision in 75 years, was adopted in 1999. In 2000, Mr. Kieffer was named by the San Francisco Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the 100 most influential attorneys in California, and he has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2009 editions.
Mr. Kieffer is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Los Angeles Mayor’s Council of Economic Advisors, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. He is the author of The Strategy of Meetings (Simon & Schuster, 1988), and contributing author of Governing Public Colleges & Universities, JosseyBass, c. 1993. He received his bachelor’s degree in history from U.C. Santa Barbara and his J.D. degree from UCLA. Mr. Kieffer was appointed as a Regent in May 2009 by Governor Schwarzenegger to a term ending in 2021.
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Appointed:
May 4, 2009
Term expires:
March 1, 2021
Committee memberships:
(2009-10):
Investments
Long Range Planning
Oversight of the DOE Laboratories
Address:
1111 Franklin Street, 12th fl
Oakland, CA 94607
(510) 987-9220
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