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Barry S. Willdorf

Born

in New York, The United States

March 06, 1945

Website

http://agauchepress.com

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Barry passed away peacefully at his home on February 1, 2014, surrounded by his family. The cause was leukemia. He had been treated for 8.5 years at Stanford, where he had received two stem cell transplants. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie of 45-years, three daughters, Megan Willdorf, Nina (Michael) Endelman, and Julia (Nick) Campins, and four grandchildren.

Barry was born in New York City and grew up in Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Colby College in Maine and Columbia Law School. He also studied modern history, economics and politics at the University of Manchester, England.

During the Vietnam War, Barry was the founder and chief counsel for the Southern California Military Law Project. This organization defended anti-war GIs in cour Barry passed away peacefully at his home on February 1, 2014, surrounded by his family. The cause was leukemia. He had been treated for 8.5 years at Stanford, where he had received two stem cell transplants. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie of 45-years, three daughters, Megan Willdorf, Nina (Michael) Endelman, and Julia (Nick) Campins, and four grandchildren.

Barry was born in New York City and grew up in Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Colby College in Maine and Columbia Law School. He also studied modern history, economics and politics at the University of Manchester, England.

During the Vietnam War, Barry was the founder and chief counsel for the Southern California Military Law Project. This organization defended anti-war GIs in courts martial. He co-authored a military legal self-help book: Turning the Regs Around. In 2001, he published a semi-autobiographical novel, Bring the War Home! fictionalizing his experiences. At Camp Pendleton in 1970 and 1971. Bring the War Home! is available as a free download on Scribd.

His legal publishing credits include co-authoring How To Pass the LSATs, and part of the Matthew Bender series, California Forms of Jury Instructions.

He was also a contributing editor for Matthew Bender’s, Trial Master series. Barry has also published legal op-ed pieces in the LA and SF Daily journal, the SF Recorder and in Greenhaven Press.
Barry began his career as an investigator for the New York Legal Aid Society. He’s received Martindale and Hubbell’s highest attorney rating (AV). In 2005, the San Francisco AIDS Legal Referral Panel named him an “Attorney of the Year”.

During a legal career of more than four decades, Barry has been lead counsel in over 100 trials, criminal, civil and military, from homicides to real estate, to stock frauds and Ponzi schemes. His legal career includes service as a Judge Pro Tem in the SF courts and as an arbitrator on the Kaiser, NASD, NYSE, and American Arbitration Association panels. He has represented performing artists such as Geoff Hoyle, Keith Terry, Anna DeVeare Smith and professional racecar driver Parker Johnstone. He negotiated the buyout of the Georgio Armani North American license and was the mediator in the successful settlement of the Mitchell Brothers wrongful death suit.
Barry’s first novel Bring The War Home! , an award-winning story about the experiences of Marines and civilians who came together to oppose the Vietnam War, drawn from his time as a civilian defense counsel is available as a free download on Scribd.

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Barry’s historical novel, The Flight of the Sorceress recently won a Global E-Book Award for best historical literature and is currently a finalist for a 2012 best historical novel award from the Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition (EPIC.)

Based on his files from an actual homicide, Barry’s most recent novel, Burning Questions, the first part of a trilogy, is a story of teenage suicide, corrupt real estate dealings and class prejudice. Part two of the trilogy, A Shot In The Arm, set in San Francisco, was also inspired by an actual case and tells a story of rogue government agents’ drugs-for-guns scheme gone awry. It will be published April 1, 2012. Part three, The Fourth Conspirator, is scheduled for publication in September 2012.

Barry is a member of the California Bar and recently retired from the New York Bar. He lives in San Francisco, is married, and has three children and three grandchildren. He can be reached through his website: A Gauche Press or at bsw@agauchepress.com/
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Average rating: 4.13 · 31 ratings · 16 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Flight of the Sorceress 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with Cancer: Maladies and Miracles in Stem Cell Transplantland by Barry S. Willdorf, Bonnie Willdorf 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fourth Conspirator (The 1970s Trilogy, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Questions (1970's Trilogy #1) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Shot In The Arm (1970's Trilogy #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring the War Home! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	See You In Court! 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Law School Admission Test: LSAT (Exam Preparation Series) by Monarch Press, Gary R. Gruber, Barry S. Willdorf (Other Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars