We were recently saddened to learn that Brother Ken Brunetti ’86 passed away on April 26, 2025. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.
To read Ken’s full obituary as posted on Ever Loved, please keep reading below.
Kenneth Andrew Brunetti, a co-founder and partner in the San Francisco law firm Brunetti Rougeau, died April 26 at the age of 60.
Ken launched the law firm with Gregory Rougeau in 2016, specializing in bankruptcy and civil litigation. He was named a California Super Lawyer in recognition of his professional achievements.
He had previously specialized in complex litigation and bankruptcy work as a partner at Diamond McCarthy in San Francisco. He had also been a partner at Greenfield Sullivan, and before that, a partner at Miller & Van Eaton, where he worked on telecommunications litigation. He began his career as an associate at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss and served as a judicial extern for California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk.
Born in Berkeley on July 15, 1964, Ken spent his early years in Minneapolis. He returned to the Bay Area in 1977 and graduated from Albany High School in 1982. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his B.A. in Psychology in 1986. As a student at University of California, Hastings College of the Law, he served as Note Editor of the Hastings Law Journal, and authored an article in which he argued for the creation of a Bay Area regional government. His honors at Hastings included Order of the Coif and Thurston Society. He earned his J.D. degree in 1991, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a class rank of 4 (out of 505).
Ken will be most remembered for being passionate, gregarious, and intellectually curious. He could talk about anything with anyone. He was a devotee of big cities, with a special interest in urban planning, as noted by his early-career activism with SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association. His big ideas and love for San Francisco convinced most of those who knew him that he could have been mayor. He was an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants, the Green Bay Packers, and NCAA basketball. He also loved trains of all kinds, fascinated by both the vehicles themselves and the way they romanticized the rural side of countries.
Above all, Ken loved his wife, children, and extended family. He was a devoted and engaged father who was proud of his kids’ achievements, independence, and equally matched passion.
Ken is survived by his wife, Andrea Tung; his daughter, Natalia; his son, Keenan; his parents, Jerry and Barbara Brunetti; his brother Chris Brunetti; his sisters Cherilyn Brunetti, Andrea Brunetti, and Maria Ellison.
