Angela Alioto

Angela Alioto (born October 20, 1949) is an attorney, politician, member of the Secular Franciscan Order, Founder of the Knights of Saint Francis at the Porziuncola Nuova and very active Democrat. She was born into, arguably, the most prominent San Francisco political family; it is generally associated with the liberal Democratic wing of The City's politics.

Alioto was born in San Francisco, California. Her father was Joseph L. Alioto, the 36th mayor of San Francisco. She was the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and served for 8 years. Her son, Joseph Alioto Veronese served as a San Francisco Police commissioner.

In 1971, Alioto received a B.A., Cum Laude, in English, French, and Italian (Dante Alighieri) literature and the Italian Renaissance from Lone Mountain College, in San Francisco. In 1983, after having four children, she received a J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law. She was admitted to the California State Bar in 1987.

Alioto served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1988–97) and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of San Francisco (1991, 2003).

Since leaving the Board of Supervisors, Alioto opened her own law firm and specializes in Anti-Discrimination law. Alioto won the largest Civil Rights verdict in the history of the United States in 2001, against IBC/Wonderbread for 135 million dollars. Her San Francisco employment law office has won a number of cases against corporations — including Mary Kay Cosmetics. She has won several multimillion-dollar verdicts throughout the nation, including Dallas Texas and Houston Texas. She also served as Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party.

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