On January 6, 1914, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Wood the first public defender in U.S. history.[1][2] Under Wood's leadership, the new Public Defender's Office handled over one hundred cases per week, including an average of forty-five felony cases.[3]
Wood left the public defender's post on January 2, 1921, when Republican Governor William Stephens appointed him a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[1][2] Wood left the Superior Court on September 5, 1935, upon his appointment to the appeals bench.[1][3]
walton, wood, walton, jones, wood, august, 1878, september, 1945, american, attorney, jurist, served, first, public, defender, united, states, history, from, 1914, 1921, associate, justice, california, second, district, court, appeal, division, from, 1935, 194. Walton Jones Wood August 5 1878 September 2 1945 was an American attorney and jurist who served as the first public defender in United States history from 1914 to 1921 and as an associate justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal Division Two from 1935 to 1945 having been appointed to the latter post by Republican Governor Frank Merriam 1 Walton J Wood Born in Oroville California Wood earned his A B from Stanford University in 1901 and did graduate work at Vanderbilt University and the UC Berkeley School of Law 1 He served as an attorney in private practice in the Philippines from 1902 to 1906 1 Earning admission to the California State Bar in January 1907 Wood served as an attorney in private practice in Los Angeles California from 1907 to 1913 1 From 1913 to 1914 he was a Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles 1 On January 6 1914 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Wood the first public defender in U S history 1 2 Under Wood s leadership the new Public Defender s Office handled over one hundred cases per week including an average of forty five felony cases 3 Wood left the public defender s post on January 2 1921 when Republican Governor William Stephens appointed him a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court 1 2 Wood left the Superior Court on September 5 1935 upon his appointment to the appeals bench 1 3 Wood died in office in Pasadena California on September 2 1945 1 References edit a b c d e f g h i Walton J Wood PDF Judicial Council of California a b History Office of the Los Angeles County Public Defender a b Criminal Justice Wall of Fame PDF Los Angeles Bar Association External links editOfficial biography of Walton J Wood Legal offices Preceded byCharles S Crail Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal Second District Division TwoSeptember 5 1935 September 2 1945 Succeeded byEmmet H Wilson nbsp This biography of a state judge in California is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walton J Wood amp oldid 1155774763, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
