Background
Adams, James Douglass was born on April 6, 1894 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Ephraim Douglass and May Stevens (Breakey) Adams.
Adams, James Douglass was born on April 6, 1894 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Ephraim Douglass and May Stevens (Breakey) Adams.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1915, Juris Doctor, 1920.
Admitted to California bar, 1920. Lawyer, clerk McCutchen, Olney & Willard, San Francisco, 1920-1927, partner McCutchen, Olney, Mannon & Greene, 1927-1942, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, since 1946. Advisory board, past president Marin council Boy Scouts American.
President Marin Community Chest, 1947-1948.
Director Legal Aid Society of San Francisco.
Served as research military aviator, 91st Aeronautical Squadron, 1917-1919. Member American Law Institute, American, San Francisco bar associations, California State Bar, Atlantic Union Committee, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif.
Married Katharine Mordock, June 28, 1924. Children: Douglass Mordock, Katharine, Robert Ober, Helen Bayley, Rebecca.