Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. William E. MacFaden (1913-1992) became the youngest judge in the state of California when he was sworn in as Redondo Beach city judge on July 1934. After he was admitted to the California Bar in 1936, MacFaden opened a family law practice in Redondo Beach, where he served as city attorney from 1941 to 1947. He also was Hawthorne's city attorney from 1944 to 1946. In 1960, MacFaden became a judge in South Bay Municipal Court. Gov. Edmund G. Brown elevated him to the Superior Court bench in 1963. Over the years, he served as presiding judge of the county's juvenile court, family law and mental health departments, and the Torrance Superior Court. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Mac Faden, William E. Judge; Kenny, Robert, Judge. "Judges" in pencil on sleeve. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Will E. MacFaden.
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz002546xt
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People Judges--California--Los Angeles Legal MacFaden, William E., 1913-1992
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