While the testaments in this series include those of some family members and friends and a sprinkling were drafted for people with public profiles (such as Mario Savio and writer Kay Boyle), most of them were drawn up for purely private individuals. These wills illustrate that in even his "non-political" work, Treuhaft was consistent in his commitment to representing individuals from underserved groups and ordinary people of modest means, including members of Oakland's African-American community, where Treuhaft had a strong client base as a result of his well-known work as a civil rights attorney.
