Louis C. Drapeau

Louis C. Drapeau
Associate Justice, Division 1
March 31, 1949 to November 30, 1955

Born August 30, 1885 in Live Oak, California
Died December 20, 1973 in Ventura, California

EDUCATION

Georgetown Law School

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1
March 31, 1949 – November 30, 1955

Judge, Superior Court of Ventura County
1937 – March 31, 1949

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Building & Loan Commissioner, State of California, 1934 - 1937
(Department of Financial Institutions)

Private, U.S. Army, WWI

Partner, Earle Stanley Gardner

Court Reporter, Ventura, California

Office Staff, Senator George Perkins

NOTE

As a teenaged orphan, he worked in a number of odd jobs including cowboy, mule skinner, driver for the Borax 20 mule team, and dockhand.
Was the first jurist from Ventura County to be appointed to the District Court of Appeal.