Background
Fee, James Alper was born on September 24, 1888 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of James Albert and Rose (Maney) Fee.
Fee, James Alper was born on September 24, 1888 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of James Albert and Rose (Maney) Fee.
Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College, 1910, Doctor of Laws, 1933. Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Columbia.
Began practice of law, 1914. Member firm of Fee & Fee, 1915-1916, 1920-1927. City attorney Pendleton, 1916-1917.
Member legal staff director sales, War Department, 1919-1920.
Judge Circuit Court Oregon, 1927-1931. Judge The United States of America District Court, Oregon district, 1931-1954, chief judge, 1937-1954.
United States Circuit judge, 9th Circuit, since 1954.
Member firm of Fee & Fee, 1915-1916, 1920-1927. Member legal staff director sales, War Department, 1919-1920. Member Judicial Council State of Oregon, 1928-1931.
Member Board of Education, Pendleton, 1922-1931.
Member of the board of overseers Whitman College, Chairman, Multomah County Law Library, until 1949, president 1941-1949. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American (Chairman of Commission on cooperation with Federal Judiciary, 1950-1954), Oregon State bar associations, American Law Institute (member of council since 1949), National Guard Association of the United States (life), American Judicature Society, Selden Society of London (American. Member), American Legion, Military Order World War (Oregon State commander 1942-1945), American Associate Newcomen Society, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Member of the board of editors Columbia Law Review, 1912-1914, Oregon Law Review, 1924-1931, Law lecturer.
. Clubs: Pacific Union (San Francisco).
Married Frances Louise Waldo, February 9, 1916 (died September 20, 1935). Married second, Alice Emma Tomkins, December 22, 1943. Children: Frances Louise (Mistress George Conery Martin), Margery Waldo (Mistress Ray Martin Steele), Lillian Adele (Mistress Lauren Moore).