John Burroughs, a gregarious West Marin lawyer with a knack for storytelling and a passion for civic engagement, died on April 10 in Bellingham, Wash. He was 82 years old.
Mr. Burroughs fashioned himself as a country lawyer, and would quote the Bible and Shakespeare in his briefs. He was also a gardener, mushroom-forager and one-time restaurateur.
He and his wife, Jean, and their two children moved to Inverness from San Francisco in 1970. As…