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James Marshall Carter (1904-1979) —
also known as James M. Carter —
Born in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., March 11,
1904.
Son of James Madison Carter and Belle Carter.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1946-49; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1949-67;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1967-71; took
senior status 1971; senior
judge, 1971-79.
Member, Order of the Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Eagles; Elks.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., November
18, 1979 (age 75 years, 252
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Minor Christopher (1925-2011) —
also known as Warren Christopher; "The
Cardinal" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Scranton, Bowman
County, N.Dak., October
27, 1925.
Son of Ernest William Christopher and Catharine (Lemen) Christopher.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas, 1949-50; special counsel to Gov. Edmund
G. Brown, 1959; deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1967-69; deputy
U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1964;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1993-97.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the Coif; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom on January 16, 1981.
Died, from kidney
and bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 18,
2011 (age 85 years, 142
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mark Egerman —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Beverly Hills, Calif., 2001.
Member, Order of the Coif.
Still living as of 2001.
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George Juan Hatfield (b. 1887) —
also known as George J. Hatfield —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born, of American parents, in Waterloo, Ontario,
October
29, 1887.
Son of William Melancthon Hatfield and Harriet Juanita (Bingham)
Hatfield.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1922-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1925-33; Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1935-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of the Coif; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Son of Edward
Hirsch Levi and Kate (Sulzberger) Levi (1918-2003).
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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William Micajah Martin (1917-1992) —
also known as William M. Martin —
of Hanford, Kings
County, Calif.; West Covina, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 30,
1917.
Son of William Alfred Martin and Caroline (Mandel) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Kings County Republican Party, 1950-53; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1952;
member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1952-53; municipal judge in
California, 1957-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Order of the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died May 8,
1992 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Victor Henry Palmieri (b. 1930) —
also known as Victor H. Palmieri —
of Malibu, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
16, 1930.
Lawyer;
business
executive; U.S. Ambassador to , 1979-81.
Member, Order of the Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma.
Still living as of 1991.
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Mathew Oscar Tobriner (1904-1982) —
also known as Mathew O. Tobriner —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 2,
1904.
Son of Oscar Tobriner and Maude (Lezinsky) Tobriner.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1956;
Judge,
California Court of Appeal 1st District, 1959-62; justice of
California state supreme court, 1962-82.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif.
Died, from heart
trouble, at Mt. Zion Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., April 7,
1982 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger John Traynor (b. 1900) —
also known as Roger J. Traynor —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Park City, Summit
County, Utah, February
12, 1900.
Son of Felix Traynor and Elizabeth Josephine (O'Hagan) Traynor.
Lawyer;
law
professor; justice of
California state supreme court, 1940-63; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1964-70.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Burial
location unknown.
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Chesley Mathew Walter (b. 1889) —
also known as Chesley M. Walter —
of Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Savanna, Carroll
County, Ill., November
19, 1889.
Son of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1944.
Member, Kiwanis;
Order of the Coif; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walter and Catherine (Duffy) Walter; married 1912 to Fannie
Machen; married, May 24,
1941, to Dorothy Mills Smith. |
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Son of William Morrow Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas)
Washington.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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