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Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court
BAR ADMISSION: Admitted to California Bar in 1935.
EDUCATION: Ph.B. University of Chicago; law schools: University of Chicago and J.D. Southwestern University (Los Angeles); The Hague Academy of International Law.
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL BACKGROUND: Law practice in Los Angeles; Legal Assistant to Governor of California 1939-1943; Attorney General of California and head of State Department of Justice, 1959-1964; represented California before U.S. Supreme Court.
JUDICIAL BACKGROUND: Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles, 1943-1958; pro tem Justice Court of Appeal, 1954; Justice, California Supreme Court, 1964-present.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Served in U.S. Army, World War II; member, Judicial Council of California; member, Board of Regents, University of California 1940; Executive Board, National Association of Attorneys General; President, Western Association of Attorneys General.
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS: Honorary LL.D. degree from: University of Pacific (1970), University of San Diego (1971), University of Santa Clara (1976), California Western University (1984), Southwestern University (1987), Whittier College (1993), Pepperdine University (1996), Order of Coif (University of Southern California). Declared “one of the finest constitutional lawyers in the United States” (Sen. Ervin, Congressional Record, 1964).
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING/EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Author of book, Democracy in America Day-by-Day (1997); Justice Brennan Lecturer, N.Y.U. (1997); taught at Santa Clara Law School (1982); lecturer for State Department in 9 African universities (1965); member Anglo-American Mission on comparative law (1961-1962); lecturer Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (1984 and 1986); Wilton Park England, foreign policy conference (1972).
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: President, Vista Del Mar Child Care Center (1954-1958); Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco Law School; Evaluator for Asia Foundation (1982); Member, Board of San Francisco Regional Cancer Foundation; Board of Directors, California Supreme Court Historical Society.