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Law Practice

Dec. 28, 2000

Trailblazing Gay-Rights Litigator Succumbs to Lymphoma

SAN FRANCISCO - Trailblazing gay-rights attorney Paul F. Wotman died in his home Christmas Day of complications of lymphoma. He was 49. "Paul was the foremost pioneer in gay rights in the State of California, if not the United States," said Wotman's fellow partner in San Francisco's Wotman and Cloutier, Gary Cloutier. "The main legacy of his life is going to be revolutionizing the law in protection of gays and lesbians and people with HIV."

By Matthew King
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Trailblazing gay-rights attorney Paul F. Wotman died in his home Christmas Day of complications of lymphoma. He was 49.
        "Paul was the foremost pioneer in gay rights in the State of California, if not the United States," said Wotman's f...

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