B. Rey Schauer

B. Rey Schauer

Presiding Justice
Division Three
From 1941 to 1964

Benjamin Rey Schauer
Presiding Justice, Division 3
October 22, 1941 to December 17, 1942

Born May 9, 1891 in Santa Maria, California
Died March 5, 1977

EDUCATION

LL.D., Occidental College, 1948
LL.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1937
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1916
University of Southern California Law School, 1916
A.B., Occidental College, 1912

State Bar Admission July, 1913

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Justice, California Supreme Court
December 17, 1942 – September 15, 1964

Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 3
October 22, 1941 - December 17, 1942

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
August 4, 1927 – November 12, 1941, Appointed by Governor C. C. Young

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Private practice, 1913 – 1927

U.S. Naval Reserve, Lieutenant Commander

NOTE

He established the first Labor Relations Department in a U.S. trial court and reorganized the criminal jury system in such a way as