Robert L. Bridges

Robert Lysle Bridges (May 12, 1909 – July 18, 2006) was an American lawyer who specialized in construction and corporate law.

Biography Bridges was born on May 12, 1909, in Altus, Arkansas. He was educated at the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif. In 1933, he became a partner at the law firm Thelen & Marrin, which was renamed Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges in 1943. He later served as a director of the Bechtel companies for almost thirty years. He was also a prominent supporter of his alma mater, the University of California, for many years, serving as a member of both the Chancellor's Circle and the U.C. Berkeley Foundation. He died on July 18, 2006, in Walnut Creek, California.