Paul John McCormick (April 23, 1879 – December 2, 1960) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Paul John McCormick
California Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Born 1879 in New York, NY
Died 1960
FJC ID: 1534
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
California Southern District Court · 1924–1960
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
- California Court of AppealAssociate justice · 1921–1924
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1910–1921
- Los Angeles County, CaliforniaAssistant district attorney · 1905–1910
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1900–1905
Appointments
1924–1960 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- St. Ignatius College (now University of San Francisco)
- Read law1900