Title:
John Briscoe: ineffable San Francisco poet, historian, lawyer, and restaurateurCreator/Contributor:
Briscoe, John, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Eardley-Pryor, Roger, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Oral History Center,, issuing body.Abstract:
John Briscoe is a poet, author, and internationally recognized trial lawyer who has argued before the California Supreme Court,
and tried and argued cases before the United States Supreme Court and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Briscoe
was born July 1, 1948 in Stockton, California. In 1966, Briscoe graduated from St. Mary's High School in Stockton and enrolled
at the University of San Francisco (USF), which his late father had attended. Briscoe married in 1969 and divorced in 1972,
the year he earned his Juris Doctor from USF, published his first law review article, and published his first poems in San
Francisco Quarterly. Between 1972 and 1980, Briscoe practiced in the Land Law Section of the California Attorney General's
Office, where he argued several cases against the United States and against other states in the original jurisdiction of the
US Supreme Court. In 1976, Briscoe married Valerie Breton with whom he has two children, John Paul, born in 1981, and Katherine,
born in 1983. In 1980, Briscoe entered private practice in San Francisco specializing in real property and environmental litigation.
He has represented diverse natural resource interests; the nation's largest title insurers; several US states, including Alaska,
Hawaii, Georgia, and California; the American Territory of Guam; and many city and county governments. Overseas, Briscoe has
represented the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Republic of Korea, the State of Kuwait, and the United Nations
Compensation Commission, among other clients. Briscoe has published numerous legal articles on natural resources, land use,
land title, and international oceans law. He has also authored books on the culinary history of San Francisco, the history
of California wine, as well as his own poetry. He has taken several literary awards, including the Oscar Lewis Award for Western
History in 2020. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Law of the Sea Institute at UC Berkeley, and has taught as an adjunct
professor at UC Hastings College of Law. Briscoe served as president of the San Francisco Historical Society, numerous other
nonprofits, and he is co-owner of Sam's Grill & Seafood Restaurant, the fifth-oldest restaurant in the United States. In 2003,
Briscoe married Carol Sayers, and they live in Novato, California. In this oral history, Briscoe discussed all these topics
with details on several cases argued in the US Supreme Court, as well as his friendships and collaborations with legal legends
like Philip C. Jessup, Stefan A. Riesenfeld, and Louis F. Claiborne.
Date:
2019 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLawyers -- California
Poets
Restaurateurs -- California
Environmental law
Real property
Law of the sea
Poètes
Restaurateurs (Alimentation) -- Californie
Biens réels
poets
real estate
Environmental law
Law of the sea
Lawyers
Poets
Real property
Restaurateurs
California
Briscoe, John -- Interviews
Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl) -- 1897-1986
Riesenfeld, Stefan A -- 1908-1999
Claiborne, Louis
Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl) -- 1897-1986
Riesenfeld, Stefan A -- 1908-1999
Note:
John Briscoe ; interviews conducted by Roger Eardley-Pryor, PhD. in 2019 and 2020.
Interview transcript also available online.
Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. Copyright to this work may be held by the UC Regents and managed
by The Bancroft Library.
Type:
oral histories (literary works)Interviews
Oral histories
Oral histories.
Histoires orales.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xii, 372 pages) : illustrations, some color ; 29 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Oral histories are made available for research purposes only. Copyright to this work may be held by the UC Regents and managed
by The Bancroft Library.
Related Item:
John Briscoe : Briscoe, John, : (OCoLC)1379751194
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