James Reilly:  

After leaving Lindenhurst, graduated from West Point 1967, then spent 4 years as Naval officer, including one year in Vietnam. Met my wife Sandy Douglas in Memphis Tenn while on graduation leave; married November 1967. After the Navy, worked in advertising and public relations while attending Pepperdine Law School. Graduated 1975, then spent 9 years as a DA in Orange Co CA. Moved to Marin Co CA (north of San Francisco) in 1985 and have been in general private practice since. Since 2008, I have been senior trial counsel for Summit Defense, a Bay Area criminal defense law firm. Four kids: Doug 1970, Cal, USF law, now an intellectual property lawyer and Director of Business Development for LucasFilm in the Presidio; Matt 1974, adopted Korean orphan, California Culinary Academy, now a gourmet pastry chef at Schubert's Bakery in San Francisco; Risa 1977, NYU and Dominican University masters, now director of reservations for Hornblower Cruises, San Francisco; and Sean 1979, who recently completed a 7 years in the US Army after serving two tours of duty in Iraq, and who now works for the oil company Baker Hughes Inc. in Midland, Texas.. Two grandchildren: Grandson, Kohl SJ Reilly, son of Sean, was born July 27, 2005, and his sister Cheyenne TK Reilly, born August 31, 2007. In 1994, Sandy was diagnosed with breast cancer. Despite her illness and the rigors of various treatments (mastectomy, several rounds of chemotherapy, radiation, peripheral stem cell bone marrow transplant and hip replacement), she returned to school and received both her bachelor's degree and teaching cr...Expand for more