Background
Kirkham, Francis Robison was born on August 23, 1904 in Fillmore, Utah, United States. Son of Francis W. and Alzina (Robison) Kirkham.
Kirkham, Francis Robison was born on August 23, 1904 in Fillmore, Utah, United States. Son of Francis W. and Alzina (Robison) Kirkham.
George Washington University (Bachelor of Arts, 1930. Bachelor of Laws, 1931). Chairman, Section on Antitrust Law, American Bar Association, 1960-1961.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Law clerk Justice George Sutherland, 1931-1933. Law clerk Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes, 1933-1935. With firm Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, 1936-1991, partner, 1940-1991.
General counsel Standard Oil Corporation, California, 1960-1970. Member attorney general's national committee to study antitrust laws, 1953-1955, member commission on Revision Federal Court Appellate System, 1973.
Author: (with Reynolds Robertson) Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States Drafted for Supreme Court Revision of General Orders in Bankruptcy, 1936, 39.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (chairman anti-trust law section 1961), San Francisco Bar Association, State Bar California, American Law Institute, American Judicature Society, American Society International Law, Order of Coif, Delta Theta Phi. Clubs: Pacific Union (San Francisco), Bohemian (San Francisco), San Francisco Golf (San Francisco).
Married Ellis Musser, July 9, 1929. Children: James F., Elizabeth (Mistress James Stillman, Junior), Katherine (Mistress Geoffrey Hallam Movius), Eugene R.