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Obituaries

Feb. 19, 2013

Sanford "Sandy" Svetcov, 1940-2013

Renowned San Francisco appellate attorney Sanford "Sandy" Svetcov died Friday morning after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Renowned San Francisco appellate attorney Sanford "Sandy" Svetcov died Friday morning after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.


Svetcov spent his last year juggling chemotherapy treatments and brief writing for Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, working out of its San Francisco office up until a few weeks ago, co-workers said.


"He was just indefatigable,"...

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