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In Memoriam: J. Conrad Baran
Feb 22, 2008
One of AACJ's Lifetime members, Conrad Baran, age 63, died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, in Lakeside, Arizona.
He was a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law at the age of 23, which began his proud service to the public. Before becoming one of Arizona's first certified death penalty defense attorneys and the 2008 chairman for the Attorney Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Arizona, he was an FBI agent from 1969-1976. Conrad was a member of AACJ for eighteen years. At the time of his death, he was a trial attorney for Navajo County Public Defenders.
Conrad loved to sing and in doing so, was able to sing his way across Europe and Asia. This led him to achieve one of his greatest ambitions, climbing the Great Wall of China. At the age of 10, Conrad was a member of the Tucson Boys Chorus, and he was also a member of the Northern Arizona University Mas-ters Chorale from 1991-2002.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Houle of Overgaard, also an AACJ Lifetime member; one son, Scott Baran of Flagstaff; three grand-children, Jesse Robert Baran, Sean Joseph Baran and Sadie Ann Benford; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and his beloved pets.