Who's Who in America®, 63th Edition, 2009

OBNINSKY, VICTOR PETER, lawyer; born San Rafael, California, October 12, 1944; son of Peter Victor and Anne Bartholdi (Donston) Obninsky; divorced.

Columbia University, B.A., 1966; University of California, Hastings College of the Law, JD, 1969; and admitted to California Bar, 1970.

Sole practice, Marin Country, California, 1970-present; and Sonoma, California, 2003 present. Arbitrator and Judge pro tempore, Marin County Superior Court, 1979-present.

Lecturer, real estate and partnership law, 1982; National Panel of Arbitrators, Better Business Bureau, 1974-88. Public Service: leader, Boy Scouts of America, 1970-84; Marin County Legal Aid Society, 1970-1978 and 2005-present; baseball coach, Strawberry Little League and Southern Marin Babe Ruth League 1972-84.

Author: Russians in Early California, 1966 (Marin County Public Library).

Public Office: Director, Richardson Bay Sanitary District, 1974-75.

Boards of Directors: California Young Republicans, 1968-70; Marin County Legal Aid Society, 1976-78; and Board of Community Advisors, Buck Center for Research in Aging, 1990-2001.

Class Secretary, Phillips Academy Class of 1962, 1987-present; Phillips Academy Alumni Council, 1991-95. State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Marin County Bar Association (Director, 1985-91; Treasurer, 1987-88; President-Elect, 1989; President, 1990); and Sonoma County Bar Association. Russian Nobility Association in America Inc.

Fraternal Affiliations: Phi Gamma Delta (Chapter President, 1965-66); Phi Delta Phi (Historian, 1967-68).

This biography will also be of record in Who's Who in the World®, 23rd Edition, 2006