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Obituaries

Nov. 6, 2019

Plaintiff’s lawyer recalled for successful political fights, trial success

Herbert Hafif, who helped transform the Consumer Attorneys of California into a political force in the 1970s and was regarded as a top-notch plaintiff’s attorney with a creative mind and a wide range of achievements, has died. He was 89.

Plaintiff’s lawyer recalled for successful political fights, trial success

Herbert Hafif, who helped transform the Consumer Attorneys of California into a political force in the 1970s and was regarded as a top-notch plaintiff’s attorney with a creative mind and a wide range of achievements, has died. He was 89.

Attorneys remembered Hafif as a colorful character who, in addition to a law practice and a political bent that led him to run unsuccessfully for governor in 1974, also ran a nightclub — the Royal T...

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