Peirson Hall

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Central District of California

Years in office: 1968 - 1979

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Years in office: 1966 - 1968

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United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Years in office: 1942 - 1966

Education

Bachelor's

University of Southern California, Gould School of Law

Law

Read law, 1916

Personal

Birthplace

Armour, SD

Peirson Mitchell Hall (1894-1979) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California and theUnited States District Court for the Central District of California.

Hall was nominated to the Southern District of California by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on February 17, 1942, to a seat vacated byGeorge Cosgrave; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1942, and received commission onJuly 3, 1942. From 1959-1964, he served as thechief judge. He served the Southern District of California until he was assigned to the Central District of California onSeptember 18, 1966. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 30, 1968. He served the Central District of California until his death onDecember 8, 1979. Hall was succeeded in this position byDavid Williams.

Early life and education

• University of Southern California Law School
• Read law, 1916

Professional career

• Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1916-1925
• Member, Los Angeles City Council, California, 1925-1929
• Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1929-1934
• U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1934-1937
• Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1937-1939
• Superior court judge, Los Angeles County, California, 1939-1942

Judicial career

Southern District of California

Hall was nominated to the Southern District of California by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on February 17, 1942, to a seat vacated byGeorge Cosgrave; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1942, and received commission onJuly 3, 1942. From 1959-1964, he served as thechief judge. He served the Southern District of California until he was assigned to the Central District of California onSeptember 18, 1966.

Central District of California

Hall was nominated to the Southern District of California by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on February 17, 1942, to a seat vacated byGeorge Cosgrave;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1942, and received commission onJuly 3, 1942. From 1959-1964, he served as thechief judge. He served the Southern District of California until he was assigned to the Central District of California onSeptember 18, 1966. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 30, 1968. He served the Central District of California until his death onDecember 8, 1979. Hall was succeeded in this position byDavid Williams.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of California
Active judges	Chief Judge: Dana Sabraw  •  Janis Sammartino  •  Cathy Bencivengo  •  Cynthia A. Bashant  •  Ruth Bermudez Montenegro  •  Andrew Schopler  •  James Simmons (California)  •  Todd Robinson (California)  •  Linda Lopez (California)  •  Jinsook Ohta  •  Robert Huie
Senior judges	Michael Anello  •  Roger Benitez  •  William Hayes  •  Thomas Whelan  •  John Houston (California)  •  Barry Moskowitz  •  Jeffrey Miller  •  James Lorenz  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Anthony J. Battaglia  •  Gonzalo Curiel  •
Magistrate judges	Barbara Major  •  Karen Crawford  •  Bernard Skomal  •  Jill L. Burkhardt  •  Mitchell D. Dembin  •  Michael Berg (federal magistrate judge)  •  Allison Goddard  •  Daniel Butcher (California)  •
Former Article III judges	Erskine Mayo Ross  •  James Marshall Carter  •  Ogden Hoffman  •  James McHall Jones  •  Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier  •  Fletcher Mathews Haight  •  Olin Wellborn  •  Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe  •  Oscar Trippet  •  William James  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Rudi Brewster  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Napoleon Jones  •  Edward Henning  •  Paul John McCormick  •  John Clifford Wallace  •  George Cosgrave  •  Harry Aaron Hollzer  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Sr.  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Ralph Jenney  •  Campbell Beaumont  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Reuben Brooks  •  Leo Papas  •  Francis Whelan  •  Earl Gilliam  •  Lawrence Irving  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Leland Nielsen  •  James O'Connor (California)  •  John Rhoades  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Ernest Tolin  •  Jacob Weinberger  •  Harry Westover  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •
Former Chief judges	James Marshall Carter  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Paul John McCormick  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Peirson Hall  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Central District of California
Active judges	Chief Judge: Dolly Gee  •  John Walter (California)  •  Otis Wright  •  Percy Anderson  •  David Carter (California)  •  Robert Klausner  •  Stephen V. Wilson  •  Fernando Olguin  •  Stanley Blumenfeld  •  Josephine Staton  •  Michael Fitzgerald (California)  •  Michelle Williams Court  •  Jesus Bernal  •  Sunshine S. Sykes  •  Fred W. Slaughter  •  Serena R. Murillo  •  André Birotte, Jr.  •  Sherilyn P. Garnett  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong  •  Fernando Aenlle-Rocha  •  Wesley Hsu  •  Mark Scarsi  •  Anne Hwang  •  John Holcomb (California)  •  Hernán D. Vera  •  Mónica Ramírez Almadani  •  Cynthia Valenzuela
Senior judges	James Selna  •  Dean Pregerson  •  George Wu  •  Valerie Baker Fairbank  •  Dale Fischer  •  Terry Hatter  •  William Duffy Keller  •  Virginia Phillips  •  Ronald Lew  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Christina Snyder  •  John A. Kronstadt  •
Magistrate judges	Charles F. Eick  •  Paul Abrams  •  Jacqueline Chooljian  •  Alicia Rosenberg  •  Sheri Pym  •  John McDermott (California)  •  Jean Rosenbluth  •  Michael Wilner  •  Douglas McCormick  •  Alka Sagar  •  Kenly Kiya Kato  •  Louise A. LaMothe  •  Steve Kim (California)  •  Karen Stevenson  •  Karen Scott  •  John Early  •  Alexander MacKinnon  •  Rozella Oliver  •  Gail Standish  •  Maria Audero  •  Pedro Castillo  •  Autumn Spaeth  •  Margo Rocconi  •  Patricia Donahue  •
Former Article III judges	Gilbert Jertberg  •  Carlos Moreno  •  Kim McLane Wardlaw  •  Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Audrey Collins  •  Florence-Marie Cooper  •  Gary Feess  •  Andrew Guilford  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Robert Kelleher  •  Stephen Larson  •  Spencer Letts  •  Howard Matz  •  Mariana Pfaelzer  •  S. James Otero  •  Manuel Real  •  George Schiavelli  •  Robert Takasugi  •  Harry Pregerson  •  Pamela Rymer  •  Richard Paez  •  Warren Ferguson  •  Cynthia Holcomb Hall  •  Ferdinand Francis Fernandez  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  Margaret Morrow  •  Lourdes Baird  •  Robert Bonner  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  John Davies  •  Robert Firth  •  Richard Gadbois  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Harry Hupp  •  James Ideman  •  David Kenyon  •  Malcolm Lucas  •  Lawrence Lydick  •  Linda McLaughlin  •  Edward Rafeedie  •  William Rea  •  Gary L. Taylor  •  Dickran Tevrizian  •  Laughlin Waters  •  Francis Whelan  •  David Williams (California federal judge)  •  Jacqueline Nguyen  •  Beverly Reid O'Connell  •  Atsushi Wallace Tashima  •
Former Chief judges	Alicemarie Stotler  •  Cormac Carney  •  Philip Gutierrez  •  Terry Hatter  •  Virginia Phillips  •  George King (California)  •  Consuelo Marshall  •  Manuel Real  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Jr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell •Bratton •Donohoe •FitzHenry •Garrecht •Keefe •Ragon •Stone •Woodrough
1934	Allen •Bowen •Holly •Hulbert •Long •Major •Myers •Rippey •Sullivan
1935	Baldwin •Denman •Faris •Ford •Hamilton •Haney •Holmes •Mahoney •Martin •Mathews •McDuffie •Moore •Roche •A. L. Stephens •H. M. Stephens •Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo •Clancy •Davidson •Davis •Holland •Lederle •Leibell •Ling •Mandelbaum •Maris •Pollard •Thomas •Underwood
1937	Adair •Biggs •Black •Burke •Collet •Druffel •Edgerton •Groner •Healy •Jackson •Jenney •Kloeb •Major •McColloch •Miller •Mize •Murrah •Rice •Stephens •Sullivan •Swinford •Treanor •Trimble •Vinson •Watkins •Williams •Wyche
1938	Clark •Conger •Ford •Hamilton •Laws •Maris •McCord •Murphree •Reed
1939	Allred •Arant •Beaumont •Biddle •Black •Clark •Darr •Davies •Dobie •Douglas •Duffy •Frankfurter •Goldsborough •Huxman •Igoe •Jones •Kalodner •Kerner, Sr. •Lemley •Lumpkin •Magruder •Miller •Morris •Picard •Porterie •Roberts •Rutledge •Walker •Welsh •Whaley •Whitaker •Wilkin
1940	Bard •Barker •Barksdale •Boyd •Broaddus •Caillouet •Campbell •Dobie •Ganey •Goodrich •Harrison •Hartigan •Johnsen •Jones •Leamy •Mahoney •Martin •Murphy •Murrah •O'Connor •Oliver •Pine •Russell •Savage •Schwellenbach •Walker •Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright •Byrnes •Eicher •Frank •Freed •Healey •Jackson •Leahy •Leavy •Lovett •Madden •McAllister •McGuire •Miller •Minton •Moore •Riddick •Rifkind •J. Smith •W. Smith •Stone •Timmerman •Vogel •Waring •Woodbury •Wyzanski
1942	Brennan •Cole •Delehant •Ekwall •Goodman •Hall •Hannay •Keeling •Meaney
1943	Arnold •Chandler •Clark •Duncan •Helvering •Hulen •Lawrence •Lee •McLaughlin •Mullins •Rutledge •Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone •Connor •Graven •Hutcheson •Kennedy •LaBuy •O'Connell •Schweinhaut •Shaw
1945	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge