Albert Lee Stephens Sr. (January 25, 1874 – January 15, 1965) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1937 to 1965. Prior to that, he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Two.
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Born 1874 in State Line City, IN
Died 1965
FJC ID: 2284
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 194/year
California Southern District Court · 1935–1937Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1965
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1957–1958
- California Court of AppealJustice · 1932–1935
- ↳presiding justice · 1933–1935
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1919–1932
- Private practice1910–1911, 1919–1920
- Los Angeles, CaliforniaCity attorney · 1913–1919
- State of CaliforniaCivil service commissioner · 1911–1913
- Los Angeles, CaliforniaJustice of the peace · 1906–1910
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1899–1906
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitChief Judge1937–1965 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1935–1937 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)LL.B. · 1903
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