Chuck Finney
Founding Host, Your Legal RightsChuck Finney was the founding host of Your Legal Rights and was a familiar voice for KALW for more than 30 years.
Chuck was an attorney for more than 40 years, including a long career with the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office as a Deputy District Attorney in the Consumer & Environmental Protection Unit. Chuck always said that his greatest supporter in public radio was his wife Joanne Roney Carpenter.
You can hear the on-air tribute to Chuck broadcast shortly after his passing in February 2018 here.
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Landlord/Tenant Laws/Disputes/Issues.Guests: Landlord/Tenant attorneys -- James Coy Driscoll and Salvatore Timpano.Listeners with questions for Chuck's…
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California Criminal Law -- A discussion of recent reforms reshaping California's Criminal Justice System: Public Safety Realignment (reducing prison…
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Using Mediation to resolve disputes and civil lawsuits.Guests: Mediators with San Francisco Bar Association Mediation Services Program.Listeners with…
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The Drones Are Coming/the Drones Are Here -- a discussion of the issues of Safety, Commercial Use, Privacy, and Public Trust.Guest: Edward Page, a…
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Employment Law: New Paid Sick Leave Law Issues.Guests: Employment Law attorneys -- Chaya Mandelbaum and Jonathan Judge.Listeners with questions for…
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Landlord/tenant laws, issues, and disputes.Guests: Landlord/tenant attorneys -- Marc Seidenfeld and Sal Timpano.Listeners with questions for Chuck's…
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A Discussion of the State Bar's publication "SENIORS & THE LAW: A Guide For Maturing Californians" funded by the California Bar Foundation.Guests: Colleen…
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Family Law -- Recent California Supreme Court Decision Regarding Date of Separation and Earnings of Spouses.Guest: B J Fadem, a Specialist in Family Law…
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Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?Guests: Mike Farrell, President of Death Penalty Focus, a national organization; Tara Knight, Certified Specialist…
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A discussion of the Supreme Court's constitutional right of same-sex marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, and the dissenters' arguments that the…