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Title

2012 Bar Association Careers of Distinction : Judge Lawrence K. Sawyer

Creation Date (Original)

2012

Description

Profile of the Honorable Laurence K. Sawyer, attorney, retired Superior Court judge and member of the Sonoma County Bar Association recognized at the annual Careers of Distinction event.

Item Format or Genre

["documentary film"]

Language

["English"]

Contributor(s) (Person)

["Shirwo, Owen Scott"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Sonoma County Bar Association"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Topical)

["Lawyers","Judges"]

Subject (Person)

["Sawyer, Laurence K."]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Bar Association Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

spc_00003_04_0008

Archival Collection Sort Name

["Sonoma County Bar Association collection, 1928-2015 (bulk 1990-2012) (SPC.00003)"]

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

2012 Bar Association Careers of Distinction : Judge Lawrence K. Sawyer

Title Statement

produced by Owen Scott Shirwo.

Additional Title(s)

Sonoma County Bar Association Careers of Distinction, 2012 :Lawrence K. Sawyer;Title on disc label:2012 Career of Distinction honoree Hon. Lawrence K. Sawyer

Contributor(s) (Person)

["Shirwo, Owen Scott"]

Contributor(s) (Corporate Body)

["Sonoma County Bar Association"]

Participant or Performer Note

Shirwo, Owen Scott,producer,director,editor.

Creation or Production Credits Note

Sonoma County Bar Association.sponsoring body;Creative Light Proudctions,production company.

Description

Profile of the Honorable Laurence K. Sawyer, attorney, retired Superior Court judge and member of the Sonoma County Bar Association recognized at the annual Careers of Distinction event.

Biographical or Historical Note

Laurence K. Sawyer served as a Judge of the Sonoma County Superior Court from 1985 to 2005. As a Judge, he managed and settled numerous complex, multiparty civil law suits. He was also involved in running the Case Management Conference Calendar for a number of years and participated in the installment of the Sonoma County pilot ADR program in 2000. He served as Presiding Judge in 1991 and from 1998-2000 and Supervising Judge of the Civil Division on several occasions. He was also instrumental in establishing the Direct Calendar system for civil cases and served as probate Judge from 2000-2005. After retiring from the Bench in 2005, Judge Sawyer served as a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS for 10 years. In that capacity, he served as arbitrator and successfully mediated a variety of civil cases including contract/business, construction, employment, probate/trusts, insurance coverage, personal injury/property damage, professional liability and real estate matters. Judge Sawyer graduated from Whittier College with a BA degree in 1964, graduated from Hastings Law School with a JD degree in 1967, served as a Captain in the US Army Judge Advocate General Corps from 1968-1972, and practiced as a civil litigator in Sonoma County from 1972-1985, before being appointed to the Bench in Sonoma County.

Publisher Location (Original)

Santa Rosa, Calif.

Publisher (Original)

Sonoma County Bar Association

Creation Date (Original)

2012

Date Published

2012

Language

["English"]

Content Type

["Moving Image"]

Item Type

["Moving Image"]

Item Format or Genre

["documentary film"]

Total Number of Reels or Tapes

1 videodisc

Number of Parts or Pages

1 videodisc (about 5 minutes)

Sound

["Monaural sound"]

Color

["Color"]

Duration

00:05:00

Other Physical Details

sound, color

Item Physical Dimensions

4 3/4 inches

Gauge and Format

["Videocassette"]

Running Speed

29.7 FPS

Timecode Content Begins

0:05

Local History and Culture Theme

["Public Safety, Law and Crime"]

Subject (Person)

["Sawyer, Laurence K."]

Subject (Time Period)

2012

Subject (Topical)

["Lawyers","Judges"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Originally produced on VHS by The Video Lab/Warren Williamson Associates, Inc. in 1999.

Other Notes

Originally produced on VHS; transferred to DVD by Videobrite;Produced by David Ludwig, Creative Light Productions.

Credit line

Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library and Sonoma County Bar Association

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Sonoma County Bar Association collection, 1928-2015 (bulk 1990-2012), SPC.00003.04.0003, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.

Collection Guide Name

Sonoma County Bar Association collection, 1928-2015 (bulk 1990-2012)

Collection Guide URL

View >finding aid.

Local System Identifier

1442426

Digital Collections Identifier

spc_00003_04_0008

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Bar Association Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture","Archival Collections"]

Archival Collection Item Identifier

SPC.00003.04.0003

Archival Collection Identifier

["SPC.00003"]

Archival Collection Sort Name

["Sonoma County Bar Association collection, 1928-2015 (bulk 1990-2012) (SPC.00003)"]

Archival Collection Series

["SPC.00003.04. Audio-visual materials (VHS, DVDs and CD-ROMs)"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565007951725

Item Call Number(s)

spc_00003_04_0008

OCLC number

933418078

Generation

Copy

Channel Configuration

2 channels

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/visit/locations/historygenealogy

Location of Originals

Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/visit/locations/historygenealogy

Copyright Statement

Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Sonoma County Bar Association. Copyright Holder has given Sonoma County Library permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Additional information

Copyright Holder

Sonoma County Bar Association

Copyright Holder Info

Sonoma County Bar Association archive project

Copyright Date

2012

Copyright Notice

© Sonoma County Bar Association. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). dditional information here

Contributing Organizations

Owned by the Sonoma County Bar Association (http://www.sonomacountybar.org/) and curated by the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library.

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Bar Association (http://www.sonomacountybar.org/)

Date Digitized

2017

Digitizing Agency

Sonoma County Library

Digitization Note

Digitized from DVD by Sonoma County Library, 2017

Archival File Data Quality

["Medium to high video quality (ISO disc image)"]

Acquisition Type

["Permanent loan"]

Date of Acquisition

2014

Provenance

Sonoma County Bar Association Archives

Filename

spc_00003_04_0008.mp4

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