Janet Meik Wright
Janet Meik Wright | |
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University of Southern California Law School (J.D.) | |
Occupation(s) | Law professor, attorney |
Known for | Expert on estate planning, community property, and closely held business transactions |
Spouse |
1) Richard K. Sigler
(m. 1968; div. 1972)2) Jonathan T. Wright
(m. 1974) |
Janet Leigh Meik Wright (born November 11, 1946) is an American legal scholar who has taught community property, estate planning and non-profit institutions at the University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Davis.
Biography
Wright was born in
In 1975, she joined the law school faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, as Acting Law Professor.
Currently, she practices at her own law firm in Fresno, California, where she specializes in estate planning, taxation, and general business transactions, with an emphasis on planning for closely held businesses and charitable planning.[21][22][23]
Personal life
In 1968, she married Richard K. Sigler in Tulare, California. In 1972, the couple divorced. In 1974, she remarried to Jonathan T. Wright, whom she had met while clerking in Washington, D.C.[9][24]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9781561604395.
- ^ "Blue Bird Group Elects Officers". The Sanders County Independent-Ledger. Montana Historic Newspaper Collection. December 8, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Blue Bird members are: Janet Meik
- ^ Hamill, Stuart (October 19, 1961). "Rural Electric Coops, Conventioning Here, Told to Seek Business". Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana). p. 1.
Photo: Janet Meik, in her presentation of her first place demonstration.
Accessed via Ancestry.com - ^ "Correction". El Gaucho, UC Santa Barbara Student Newspaper. 46 (42): 7. December 3, 1965. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Janet Meik placed as a semi-finalist in junior women's oratory
- ^ Hickman, Shirley (February 11, 2003). "School Talk: Club continues giving youth a great experience". The Porterville Recorder. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Masthead, Editorial Board". USC Law Review. 44 (2). 1970–71. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "USC Judicial Clerkship Handbook" (PDF). Career Services Office, USC Law School. 2013–2014. p. Appendix B. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ISBN 9780394492407. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9781439126349. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ISBN 9780813932651.
- ISBN 9780814794203. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Table 2.1.1, First Female Law Clerks in the U.S. Supreme Court
- ^ Szmer, John J.; Kaheny, Erin B.; Christensen, Robert K. (2014). "Taking a Dip in the Supreme Court Clerk Pool: Gender-Based Discrepancies in Clerk Selection". Marquette Law Review. 98: 261, 268. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Douglas Appoints 2 Women Law Clerks". San Bernardino Sun. California Digital Newspaper Collection. New York Times News Service. January 4, 1972. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ Small, Marshall L. "William O. Douglas Remembered (A Collective Memory of WOD'S Law Clerks)". U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ California Legal Directory. Legal Directories Publishing Company. 1974. p. 702. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ California Legal Directory. Legal Directories Publishing Company. 1975. p. 761. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Kay, Herma Hill (2002). "UC's Women Law Faculty". U.C. Davis L. Rev. 36: 331, 347, 368. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "Trojan Guild Installation". Tustin News. May 24, 1979. p. 12. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Dr. Janet Wright, Assistant Professor of Law at USC, speaking on 'Women in the Law.'
- ^ "Exhibit 5, Memo 87-82, Letter to California Law Commission with comments on proposed Abatements and Accounts language" (PDF). California Law Revision Commission. September 9, 1987. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "Letter of Kathryn A. Ballsun to James Quillinan regarding Law Revision Commission Memorandum 87-7, Marital Deduction" (PDF). California Law Revision Commission. February 13, 1987. p. 16. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "The 37th Annual UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute" (PDF). Continuing Education of the California Bar. May 1, 2015. p. vii. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Dean's Advisory Board Members: Janet L. Wright
- ^ "The 41st Annual UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute" (PDF). Continuing Education of the California Bar. May 3–4, 2019. p. 5. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Dean's Advisory Board Members: Janet L. Wright
- ^ "MCLE thank you to speakers: Limited Liability Company CLE, Janet L. Wright, faculty" (PDF). Inter Alia newsletter of San Joaquin College of Law. February 1996. p. 8. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "News". New Times. 3: 28. 1974. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
the case of Johnny Wright, a black laborer, who last year was dating one of William O. Douglas' white law clerks