Leon Thompson

Leon Thompson
Associate Justice, Division 7
December 27, 1982 to May 26, 1988

Born September 19, 1929 in Los Angeles, California
Died May 26, 1988

EDUCATION

LL.B., University of Southern California Law School, 1960
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1955
Los Angeles City College

State Bar Admission January 11, 1961
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 7
December 27, 1982 - May 26, 1988, Appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
March 19, 1980 – December 27, 1982, Appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Partner, Wright & Thompson, 1974 – 1980

Sole Practitioner, 1961 – 1974

Teacher, 6th Grade, 1955 – 1960

NOTE

Was the son of a minister and the 11th of 12