SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Richard D. Barton, a partner in the law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, has been appointed by Mark Yudof, University of California President, to serve as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture, and Inclusion.
The Council is comprised of 18 community representatives and campus affiliated members from through out the State of California. UC Regents Chairman Russell Gould and UC President Mark Yudof announced the creation of the Council in May 2010. It works together to address critical challenges in creating and sustaining welcoming and inclusive environments on each of the 10 UC campuses.
It also monitors and evaluates the progress of each campus in creating conditions of climate, culture, and inclusion that will best support the mission of the University and provide equal opportunities to all UC students, faculty, and staff.
Barton has represented health care providers for the past 25 years. He has served as litigation counsel on behalf of health systems, hospitals, physician groups and individual providers in business, class action, professional liability, fraud and abuse, and administrative matters in both Federal and State court. He also serves in a consulting role for hospitals, medical staffs and physician groups on regulatory and compliance issues. In 2000, he was named Medical Staff counsel for Sharp Memorial Hospital and now serves in that role for numerous hospitals and physician groups.
In addition to his law practice, Mr. Barton is the National Chair of Education for the Anti-Defamation League. In 1992, Barton began working in a volunteer capacity for the ADL in San Diego. He served as the Chairman of the San Diego Regional Advisory Board from 1998-2002. In 2000, he was named an ADL National Commissioner and in 2002, became a member of ADL’s National Executive Committee. In 2005, he was named National Vice Chair of International Affairs. He then served as National Chair of Leadership from 2007 to 2009 which included responsibility for managing ADL’s prestigious annual Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Conference in Washington D.C.
As part of his involvement with ADL, Barton has traveled to the Middle East and Europe for meetings with officials of the Israeli Government, the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations and European Governments. He has served as a contributor to the San Diego Union Tribune on the Israeli Palestinian conflict and Anti-Semitism. He has lectured and is a regular speaker on the conflict in the Middle East, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Religious Freedom and Church-State issues. He is a recipient of ADL’s Torch of Liberty Award, ADL’s highest honor for its volunteer leadership.
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