Profile of Richard W. Abbe

Richard W. Abbe Associate Justice, Division 6 December 27, 1982 to November 30, 1990 Born on January 6, 1926 in Paris, France Died September 3, 2000 in Berkeley, CA EDUCATION LL.B., Hastings College of Law, 1953 B.A., Stanford University, 1950 State Bar Admission: 1954 JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 6 December 3, 1982 – November 30, 1990, Appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Judge, Shasta County Superior Court 1965 - 1982, Appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND District Attorney, Shasta County, 1962 - 1965 Deputy Attorney General, Shasta County, 1960 - 1962 Private Practice, Hollister, San Benito County, 1954 – 1959 U.S. Navy, World War II, 1943 - 1946 NOTE His father, James Abbe, was a professional international photographer and his mother was a Ziegfield Follies dancer.