Obituaries
Mar. 17, 2017
Former state attorney general, federal public defender dies at 81
John K. Van de Kamp, who was the first federal public defender for the Central District of California before becoming state attorney general, died Tuesday at his home in Pasadena. He was 81.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — John K. Van de Kamp, who served as district attorney, U.S. attorney and state attorney general and also established the Federal Defender's Office in Los Angeles, died Tuesday at his home in Pasadena. He was 81.
His death was confirmed by Philip Recht, managing partner of Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office, where Van de Kamp was of counsel. "He was a pillar of the legal and ...
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