Lester W. Roth

Lester W. Roth

Associate Justice
Division Two
From 1963 to 1991

Lester Wm. Roth
Associate Justice, Division 2
December 6, 1963 to October 2, 1964
Presiding Justice, Division 2
October 2, 1964 to October 15, 1991

Born April 5, 1895 in New York City, New York
Died September 8, 1992

EDUCATION

LL.B., University of Southern California Law School, 1916

State Bar Admission June 12, 1916

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 2
October 2, 1964 - October 15, 1991, Appointed by Governor Edmund Brown, Sr.

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 2
December 6, 1963 - October 2, 1964, Appointed by Governor Edmund Brown, Sr.

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
March 5, 1931 – September 30, 1936, Appointed by Governor James Rolph, Jr.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Private practice, Beverly Hills, California, 1952 – 1963

President, Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1947