James Marshall Carter

James Marshall Carter

Judge James Marshall Carter

Personal

Birthday: 
3/11/1904
Birthplace: 
Santa Barbara, CA
Date of Death: 
11/18/1979
Place of Death: 
La Jolla, CA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1928-1940, 1943
Teacher, Police School, Los Angeles Board of Education, California, 1934-1935
Director, State Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California, 1940-1942
Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1943-1946
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, 1946-1949

Education

Name of School: 
Pomona College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1924
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Name of School - Third: 

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

One of the most prominent law schools in the country, USC Law offers a forward-looking, interdisciplinary legal education guided by nationally renowned professors and informed by the diversity of a friendly and collegial student body. Located in the nation's second largest city, one of the largest and most dynamic in the world, the school offers myriad opportunities to apply the law to real-world problems through partnerships with some of the world's leading companies and law firms. Through interdisciplinary academic training and practical application of skills, students acquire the experience necessary to succeed as leaders in a global environment.

Degree - Third: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Third: 
1927

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of California
Court Name: 

California Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Harry S Truman
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
10/18/1949
Termination Date: 
12/1/1967
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
11/16/1967
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
9/30/1971
Termination Date - Second: 
11/18/1979
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death