Background
Cummins, Joseph Hervey was born on June 19, 1916 in Winchester, Indiana, United States. Son of George Frederick and Teresa Elsie (Brown) Cummins.
Cummins, Joseph Hervey was born on June 19, 1916 in Winchester, Indiana, United States. Son of George Frederick and Teresa Elsie (Brown) Cummins.
DePauw University (Bachelor of Arts, 1937). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1940). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, Northwestern Law Review, 1939-1940.
Trial lawyer Burlington R.R., Chicago, 1940-1941, Denver, 1941-1942, Santa Fe R.R., Los Angeles, 1946-1951, 53-62. Partner Garibaldi & Cummins, 1951-1953, Cummins, White & Breidenbach, Los Angeles, 1962-1978, Cummins, White, Robinson & Robinson, Los Angeles, 1978-1980, Cummins & White, 1980-1991, of counsel, since 1992. Member State Bar Disciplinary Board, Los Angeles, since 1972, chairman, 1974.
Member State of California Judicial Council, 1988-1989.
Los Angeles County, Pasadena, The Colorado, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Member: Disciplinary Board, since 1972. Chairman, 1974; Member, Board of Governor’s, since 1974.
Vice President, 1976). American Board of Trial Advocates (President, 1970, Los Angeles Chapter. National President, 1972).
Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. International Society of Barristers.
International Association of Insurance Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. (Also Member, Cummins & White, Los Angeles, California).
Married Susie Van Sickle, October 19, 1945. Children– Karen (Mistress Steven Freeburg), Scott, Fred, Lynn (Mistress John Dannhausen).