John “Jack” Dittoe (Business Administration ‘76) is a fourth-generation San Franciscan and a resident of Piedmont, CA with his wife Alanna, Jack earned his B.S. in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley in 1976 and his law degree from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly known as Hastings College of the Law) in 1979. Thereafter, he was in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, first as a partner in Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May (1979-2002), then as a partner in Reed Smith LLP (2003-2015) and then in his own firm (2016-2024). Over his 45 years in practice, he handled litigation in a variety of areas including healthcare, pharmaceutical, product liability, toxic tort, commercial, environmental, and insurance.