6855 Coffee

Arthur Gilbert, the Presiding Justice of Division Six of the California Court of Appeal, interviewed his friend and colleague, retired Associate Justice of Division Six of the Second District, California Court of Appeal, Paul Coffee, about his life and time on the court. Paul was born in Madera, California and was a fourth-generation native Californian. His father was a lawyer who graduated from Boalt Law School and his mother was an elementary school teacher. Paul was the student body president in high school and was the valedictorian of his class. He went to the University of California, Berkeley where he studied business administration with a concentration in insurance and real estate. He was in the Delta Upsilon fraternity and served in the Navy before going to Boalt Law School.