Newsom Jr William A 6048

William Newsom was a third-generation San Franciscan who grew up in the Marina and went to college at USF, majoring in French literature. After law school, he worked as an assistant commissioner of the San Francisco Superior Court and then went on to work for a famous San Francisco attorney, James Martin MacInnis. He then moved to Squaw Valley and opened a one-man law practice in Tahoe City, where he did a lot of environmental law. Later, he was appointed to a new position in Placer County, where he was sworn in by Judge Leland Propp, despite Propp's reluctance. He went on to serve as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Division One, for many years.