Judicial service
District Court, C.D. California
Judge
1966 – 2004 · 38 yrs
District Court, S.D. California
Judge
1966 – 1966Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Career
Judge
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
1964 – 1966 · 2 yrs
Assistant counsel, Union Oil Company
1952 – 1964 · 12 yrs
Private practice
1946 – 1964 · 18 yrs
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant
Naval Intelligence
1942 – 1946 · 4 yrs
Assistant U.S. attorney
Southern District of California
1941 – 1942 · 1 yr
Special assistant
Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
1939 – 1941 · 2 yrs
Education
A.B., Regis UniversityJ.S.D., Yale University