Louise
Renne is a lawyer, former
Supervisor and one-time City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco,
California.
She is
a graduate of both Michigan State University and Columbia Law School (1961).
Ms.
Renne was appointed Supervisor by
Mayor Dianne Feinstein in 1978. She acted as member of the San Francisco
Board of Supervisors for 8 years from 1978 to 1986, where she was chair of the
Finance Committee.
She
was then appointed by Feinstein as City Attorney in 1986 and became the first
female City Attorney in San Francisco history. She served in the position until
2001. In this role, she argued on behalf of the state before the California and
United States Supreme Courts.
She
had her own private practice for 2 years and was a staff attorney in the
general counsel’s office at the Federal Communications Commission for 3 years.
Ms.
Renne served as General Counsel for the San Francisco Unified School District
where she led the effort to combat corruption existing at the time and
establish a legal department.
She
also served as City Attorney for the City of Richmond.
She
currently works at Renne Sloan Holtzman & Sakai LLP in San Francisco,
which is a public law firm.
She
was a founder and former California Women Lawyers President from 1977-1978.
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