Judicial service
District Court, C.D. California
Judge
1966 – 1976 · 10 yrs
District Court, S.D. California
Judge
1962 – 1966 · 4 yrsAppointed by John F. Kennedy
Career
Private practice
1946 – 1962 · 16 yrs
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California
1943 – 1946 · 3 yrs
Private practice
1940 – 1943 · 3 yrs
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States
1936 – 1940 · 4 yrs
Assistant U.S. attorney
Southern District of California
1933 – 1936 · 3 yrs
Private practice
1931 – 1933 · 2 yrs
Instructor
Southwestern University, Los Angeles
1930 – 1931 · 1 yr
Private practice
1926 – 1929 · 3 yrs
Education
A.B., Vanderbilt UniversityLL.B., Yale University