William Schofield III

08/13/1948 - 02/08/2024

William (Bill/Speedo)

Schofield III passed away peacefully at his home in

Moraga, on February 8, 2024, after a brief, but courageous battle, with esophageal cancer. He was surrounded by his wife of 52 years, Carol; his children; and daughtersin-law. Bill is survived by his wife, Carol; sister, Janis; four kids, Billy (Emily), Chris

(Emily), Michael (Madeline),

Nicole; and seven grandchildren.

Bill was born in Newark, litigator and served as Of N.J., on August 13, 1948, Counsel, from 1997-2007, and and lived most of his early then at Pinnacle Law Group. childhood years in Keyser, Despite the enormous time W.Va. After a brief stop in St. demands his law practice required, Louis, Mo., his family settled he always found time in Covina, Calif., when he was for his kids. The family started 13. While attending Covina in Oakland, and then moved High School, Bill starred on to Moraga in 1986, to their the varsity baseball team. He house on Donald Dr., where also was a four-year member he ultimately passed. He of the cross-country varsity was a constant presence as a team, where he was named coach on many of their baseball captain. He served as junior and basketball teams. class President and then as Baseball was his true sports a senior, student body Vice love. He coached in North President and Editor of the Oakland Little League and yearbook. then in the Moraga Baseball

It was at Covina High Association with the Moraga School, where he met Carol Ponies for six seasons. Each Sippola. They started dating son, and many of their teammates, as seniors in high school will remember him as and were inseparable. They their best coach ever. stayed together after high His other favorite place was school, when Bill entered playing cards with family and the Coast Guard Academy friends. Late-night games of in New London, Conn., for a poker and hearts were commonplace summer program, where he on Donald Dr., and was elected class president he had longstanding poker by his peers. They then reunited games in Moraga, where he at Mount San Antonio played once a month, prior to Junior College the following his death. year, and then at U.C. Bill loved to travel the Berkeley, where Bill pitched country by train. He and Carol for the Golden Bears in 1969 took many trips together, and 1970. At Calif., he was including from Los Angeles to a recipient of the prestigious N.Y., from Vancouver across Wheeler Scholarship, Canada to Montreal, and awarded for both academics several trips up and down the and athletics, and he graduated coast of the Northwest. with a degree in Political Bill was a passionate and Science. often frustrated Calif. sports

Once Carol received her fan, having football and teaching credential, they married basketball season tickets for in 1971, and moved to roughly 50 years. Tailgating at San Francisco. From 1971-74, Calif. football games was an Bill attended U.C. Hastings annual family tradition, and

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College of Law and served as he and Carol took numerous a member of the law road trips to follow the Bears, Upon passing the bar, he including the Citrus Bowl, began his law career as a civil Okla., Tenn., Notre Dame, litigator, at Crosby, Heafey, Ole Miss, Mich., and many Roach, and May, where others. One of his highlights he would spend the next was storming the field in the 23 years of his career. He 1982 Big Game, after Calif. ultimately became a partner beat Stanford 25-20 in a and practiced law there until game that would forever be 2004. The camaraderie at that known as “The Play.” firm was unique and he made Bill will be deeply missed numerous lifelong friends that by his family and friends. In carried on with the family, lieu of flowers, please send until his end. After Crosby, any memorial contributions he joined the San Francisco to Hospice of East Bay (www. office of Paul Hastings as a hospiceeastbay.org) or a charity of your choice.