Attorney Vincent Hallinan, 95  October 04, 1992|By San Francisco
Chronicle.  SAN FRANCISCO — Vincent Hallinan, the legendary San
Francisco trial attorney who for seven decades battled in
courtrooms in behalf of the Left, labor and the downtrodden,
died of a heart attack Friday. He was 95.  Mr. Hallinan was the
son of a San Francisco cable car gripman who paid him to
memorize Irish poetry and instilled in his son the drive he used
to become one of the nation`s most celebrated lawyers of the
Left.  During his career, Mr. Hallinan served as the 1952
presidential candidate of the Progressive Party and amassed a
multimillion-dollar fortune through personal injury settlements
he won in the courts and the real estate investments of his
wife, Vivian.  He received his law degree from St. Ignatius
College, which later became the University of San Francisco. He
began practicing law in 1919.  A pugnacious personality, Mr.
Hallinan`s courtroom life included fiery exchanges with judges
and at least seven citations for cont