Background
Fuller, Atherton was born on June 8, 1916 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Atherton and Marjorie (Frank) Fuller.
Fuller, Atherton was born on June 8, 1916 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Walter Atherton and Marjorie (Frank) Fuller.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1941). County Attorney, Hancock County, Maine, 1951-1955.
Probate Judge, Hancock County, Maine, 1958-1961.
Chair, Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, since 1989.
Worked at Hale & Hamlin (Ellsworth, Master of Engineering) specializing in Estate, Trust and Probate Law. General Trial Practice. Negligence, Products Liability, Family Law, Elder Law, Real Estate, Zoning, Municipal, Corporation and Banking Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1941.
(Retired)
Hale & Hamlin was born when Eugene Hale joined with Lucilius A. Emery in 1883 to form the firm of Hale & Emery. Soon thereafter, they hired young Hannibal East. Hamlin, son of the Vice President during Abraham Lincoln"s first term.
Together they practiced law for a short time as Hale, Emery & Hamlin. Within a few months, however, Emery left the firm to serve as Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, eventually becoming Chief Justice.
By the time 1883 came to a close, Eugene Hale and Hannibal Hamlin were practicing law as Hale & Hamlin.
The firm has remained Hale & Hamlin to the present day.
President Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce, 1959. Fellow American College Probate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, Maine Bar Association, Hancock County Bar Association (president 1962-1967).
Married Elizabeth Louise Gillam, August 9, 1941. Children: Caroline Hutchinson, Cynthia Libby, Nancy Cameron, Walter A., David G.