William Evers

I will forever be grateful to Bill for standing up for me and giving me an opportunity to pursue my chosen profession when other Bay Area firms turned their backs due to the color of my skin. I paid him back by building a successful practice, and becoming only the 5th African-American attorney to make partner in the field of securities law in Bay Area legal history. He stood up for me again when a merger partner proposed cutting me out despite my proven success by refusing to go forward...

I am only learning of Bill's passing now, and I am so saddened. Living here in Asia, away from San Francisco and all, it hit me really hard to hear he has left us. Bill was my friend and my mentor. He was one of the most gracious men I have ever had the pleasure to know. We spent time at the Bohemian club playing race horse and I was privileged to spend several weekends with Bill at the Grove. The world has lost a true gentleman, a wonderful, truly humane, concerned, complex, heartfelt yet...

His smile, and gentle laugh. He got angry at me once, and I richly deserved it. I still carry that lesson.