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Demetrios Dimitriou Obituary
November 26, 1931 - March 2, 2021
Demetrios "Jim"
Dimitriou
Jim was born in San Francisco on November 26, 1931. After his father's untimely passing he moved with his mother and brother to Berkeley. He graduated from Berkeley High School and went on to graduate from the University of California at Berkeley in 1954. After serving as a Naval Officer in the US Navy in the Korean war, he married Agnes Liakos in 1956. Using his GI Bill, he attended and graduated from Hastings School of Law in 1959. For over 50 years, he practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area. He became the leading ethics expert for attorneys and law firms. In addition, he sat on and was the former chair of the Ethics Committee for the Bar Association of San Francisco as well as the former chair of the California State Bar Ethics Committee. To his accomplishments, he also wrote numerous books about ethics and best practices, and he lectured on law practice management throughout the United States and Canada. He was well regarded and well respected in his field, even sought out after he retired from the practice of law. In his free time, he enjoyed fly tying, fly fishing, bird watching, travel and playing bridge.
He is survived by his wife Agnes Dimitriou, his sister in law Julie Dimitriou, his two sons Andrew and Alex, his daughter in laws Nada Blasutto Dimitriou and Angeliki Papamichail, his nephew Greg Dimitriou and his niece Dana Romano, his grandchildren Nicholas, Elena, and Theodora. A memorial service will be online on Sunday March 21, 2021 at the end of 10:00 a.m Sunday service at Annunciation.org or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUf2Vd0DB9LfTkwxbbRCj2g Due to Covid a remembrance of his life will be held at a later date.
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Richard May
September 28, 2021
As founder, president and CEO of California Trout, I noticed Jim's unusual name on our roll of donors and for many years I took note of his unwavering support of our efforts. But never met him. Wish I had.
Jean Soloner
May 5, 2021
Dear Agnes, Alex and Andrew,
Sending you warm condolences. Jim was a wonderful and kind man. I enjoyed knowing him very much.
Jean Soloner
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