Michael Ross

Michael Ross was encouraged to read by observing his parents who were avid readers. He majored in English in college at the University of Virginia (UVA), graduating with distinction in 1970. His extensive reading began at sea in the Navy (1970-74) and continued during law school at UVA (1974-77) and his subsequent careers practicing corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, at Latham & Watkins (1977-93), serving as Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Safeway Inc. (1993-2000) and teaching practical seminars at the UVA and Berkeley schools of law, the Peking School of International Law, Dubrovnik International University and the IE Law School in Madrid. He is the author (as Michael C. Ross) of Ethics& Integrity in Law & Business –Avoiding “Club Fed,” published in 2011.

He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the California Shakespeare Theater, the Advisory Council of the UVA Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life and the Berkeley Center for Law & Business. He is also a former elder at the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church. He is a life member of the Friends of the Orinda Library.

He and his wife, Virginia, live in Orinda, CA and have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Margaret.

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