Blake Philip Loebs, a well-known and highly regarded San Francisco trial attorney, passed away May 7, 2019 at home with his wife and two young children after a nearly year long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Blake was born in 1964 to Bruce and Neila Loebs in Eugene, Oregon. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Hayward, California for five years, and then to Pocatello, Idaho. Bruce, an accomplished professor of rhetoric, argumentation and debate, would often play games with Blake and his siblings that encouraged mastery of the English language, provoked constructive debate, and fostered creative deliberation. These disciplines shaped the trajectory of Blake's remarkable...