Author

Phil Ryan

Phil Ryan was born in San Francisco in 1939. After discharge from in Army, he entered public service in 1962, as the youngest legislative aide in the California legislature, and worked as a civil rights organizer during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. Ryan attended Santa Clara University and graduated cum laude from Howard University Law School. Upon graduation from law school, he served as the Project Director of the New Mobilization to end the Vietnam War.

Crafting a high-profile career as a trial lawyer, Ryan specialized in criminal defense and entertainment law, representing famous movie and rock stars, all-star professional athletes as well as elected public officials. The San Francisco Chronicle featured him as “San Francisco’s Rock n’ Roll Lawyer.”

After retiring from law in 2006, Ryan wrote books, essays, news stories and poetry. His first novel, All Sins Remembered, was set in San Francisco in the early 1900’s and like The Legend of Belle Cora, is a passionate history of a defining period of the city.

Phil died in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.

Author

Phil Ryan

Phil Ryan was born in San Francisco in 1939. After discharge from in Army, he entered public service in 1962, as the youngest legislative aide in the California legislature, and worked as a civil rights organizer during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. Ryan attended Santa Clara University and graduated cum laude from Howard University Law School. Upon graduation from law school, he served as the Project Director of the New Mobilization to end the Vietnam War.

Crafting a high-profile career as a trial lawyer, Ryan specialized in criminal defense and entertainment law, representing famous movie and rock stars, all-star professional athletes as well as elected public officials. The San Francisco Chronicle featured him as “San Francisco’s Rock n’ Roll Lawyer.”

After retiring from law in 2006, Ryan wrote books, essays, news stories and poetry. His first novel, All Sins Remembered, was set in San Francisco in the early 1900’s and like The Legend of Belle Cora, is a passionate history of a defining period of the city.

Phil died in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.

Author

Phil Ryan

Phil Ryan was born in San Francisco in 1939. After discharge from in Army, he entered public service in 1962, as the youngest legislative aide in the California legislature, and worked as a civil rights organizer during the Mississippi Freedom Summer. Ryan attended Santa Clara University and graduated cum laude from Howard University Law School. Upon graduation from law school, he served as the Project Director of the New Mobilization to end the Vietnam War.

Crafting a high-profile career as a trial lawyer, Ryan specialized in criminal defense and entertainment law, representing famous movie and rock stars, all-star professional athletes as well as elected public officials. The San Francisco Chronicle featured him as “San Francisco’s Rock n’ Roll Lawyer.”

After retiring from law in 2006, Ryan wrote books, essays, news stories and poetry. His first novel, All Sins Remembered, was set in San Francisco in the early 1900’s and like The Legend of Belle Cora, is a passionate history of a defining period of the city.

Phil died in 2018 after a long battle with cancer.

Editor

Dina Bitton

Dina Bitton

Dr. Dina Bitton and Phil Ryan were married in 2002. They lived in San Francisco until his death in 2018. Born in French Morocco, Bitton emigrated to Israel in 1965, where she studied Mathematics at the Technion Institute. She then came to the USA to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin.

Bitton is a renowned computer scientist and successful American entrepreneur. She held faculty positions at Cornell University and at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Following her academic career, she moved to Silicon Valley to found a software company. Aside from her professional life in technology, Bitton shared a passion for justice, history and poetry with her husband.

Editor

Dina Bitton

Dina Bitton

Dr. Dina Bitton and Phil Ryan were married in 2002. They lived in San Francisco until his death in 2018. Born in French Morocco, Bitton emigrated to Israel in 1965, where she studied Mathematics at the Technion Institute. She then came to the USA to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin.

Bitton is a renowned computer scientist and successful American entrepreneur. She held faculty positions at Cornell University and at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Following her academic career, she moved to Silicon Valley to found a software company. Aside from her professional life in technology, Bitton shared a passion for justice, history and poetry with her husband.

Editor

Dina Bitton

Dina Bitton

Dr. Dina Bitton and Phil Ryan were married in 2002. They lived in San Francisco until his death in 2018. Born in French Morocco, Bitton emigrated to Israel in 1965, where she studied Mathematics at the Technion Institute. She then came to the USA to pursue a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin.

Bitton is a renowned computer scientist and successful American entrepreneur. She held faculty positions at Cornell University and at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Following her academic career, she moved to Silicon Valley to found a software company. Aside from her professional life in technology, Bitton shared a passion for justice, history and poetry with her husband.