National Advisory Council: 2011
Pamela Duffy is a Partner Emerita of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP. While now retired from the active practice, she was one of the first women name partners at a major San Francisco law firm. There her practice focused on public policy issues and commercial real estate, with a particular emphasis on large public-private partnerships. Her interest in and strategic advice on public policy issues continues—and is informed by her past counsel in a broad array of public-policy infused major projects such as the LA Clippers arena, San Francisco 49ers' stadium, the Exploratorium, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark, the 300-acre San Francisco Mission Bay development and the 5 campus Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical Center.
Duffy serves on the National Advisory Council of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and the Board of Directors of ODC.dance. She is a former member of the Advisory Board of the College of Natural & Social Sciences at Cal State LA and many other nonprofit boards, including public television station KQED and the Exploratorium. She was an elected member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the International Women’s Forum. She was also a frequent lecturer at major universities throughout the country.
As one of the most recognized land use attorneys in California, her many accolades include Chambers USA National Woman Real Estate Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers' San Francisco Lawyer of the Year, California’s Top 12 Land-Use and Top 30 Real Estate Lawyers, and San Francisco Chronicle Top 25 Lawyers in the SF Bay Area.
Duffy graduated with honors from California State University, Los Angeles and earned her law degree (cum laude) from Loyola University, Los Angeles. She was recognized as a Cal State LA Distinguished Alumna for the College of Natural and Social Sciences in 2017 and as one of Loyola Law School's “50 Inspirational Alumni" in 2014.
