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Obituaries

Dec. 1, 2023

Gideon Kanner 1930 — 2023

Eminent domain attorney was a fierce defender of property rights

Gideon Kanner 1930 — 2023

Gideon Kanner, a fierce defender of property rights who helped to found the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, has died. He was 93.

Kanner died Nov. 22 at a hospital in Burbank.

"He was a man of great talent. Acerbic, incisive, and very bright," said Jerome "Jerry" Braun, a founder of Farella Braun + Martel LLP. "He did not suffer fools lightly."

Michael M. Berger, senior counse...

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