Bernard Van O'Steen Jr
Education: University of Arizona Law
Class: 1972
State Bar member: 1972
Featured Case: Bates and O'Steen v. State Bar of Arizona 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
Bernard Van O'Steen, Jr. was born in 1945 in Sweetwater, Tennessee. His father was a career military person and was sent to Arizona in 1959 to serve as an advisor to the Arizona National Guard. Bernard attended California Western University for his undergraduate degree. He spent a year in active duty with the Navy and then began studying the law at Arizona State University graduating in 1972. The first two years of his legal career, O'Steen worked for Maricopa County Legal Aid. Mr. O'Steen is a founding partner of O'Steen & Harrison, PLC.
Oral History Audio
Interviewed by Kurt Goering in 1992.