Background
Will, Arthur Percival was born on January 11, 1868 in Walter’s Falls, Ontario, Canada. Son of Review Phineas Drake and Caroline Annie (Collins) Will.
Will, Arthur Percival was born on January 11, 1868 in Walter’s Falls, Ontario, Canada. Son of Review Phineas Drake and Caroline Annie (Collins) Will.
Educated collegiate institutions, Brantford, Ontario, and Toronto. Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1891, Master of Laws, 1892.
Admitted to Michigan bar, 1891, later, New York, and California bars. Lecturer law department University of Minnesota, 1895, 96. Removed to New York City, 1901.
Associated with West. Doctorate. Guthrie and Paul Doctorate. Cravath, 1904-1907, with J. C. McReynolds, 1908-1909, in prosecution of cases brought by United States under anti-trust law.
Assistant general counsel New York Life Insurance Company, 1909. Editor-in-chief Standard Encyclopedia of Procedure, 1910-1913.
Law lecturer University of Southern California, 1910-1914. Chairman Executive Committee Progressive Party, Los Angeles County, 1912-1913, appointed by Governor Hirma West. Johnson to be first chief California Legislative Counsel Bureau, 1914-1920.
Federal director California United States Public Service Reserve during World War.
Secretary legislative commission to investigate education, 1919-1920. Referee Superior Court, 1920-1933. President Altadena Citizens Association, 1927.
Chairman legislative clearing house committee of California State Bar, 1930-1931.
Consultant California Legislative Counsel Bureau, 1935, 37, 39, 41, 43, Los Angeles representative, 1943-1944. Editor: Cooley’s Elements of Torts, 1895.
Circumstantial Evidence, 1896. Will’s Gould on Pleading, 1909.
Home: Altadena, California
Married Flora Maude Quigley, 1895. Children: Arthur Joseph, Percival Drake.