Background
Myers, Louis Wescott was born on September 6, 1872 in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jesse Hall and Elizabeth Louise (Wescott) Myers.
Myers, Louis Wescott was born on September 6, 1872 in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jesse Hall and Elizabeth Louise (Wescott) Myers.
Bachelor of Letters Wisconsin, 1893, LL. B., 1895. Doctor of Laws, University Southern California, 1925. Doctor of Laws, University California, 1926.
Practiced with Spooner, Sanborn & Kerr, Madison, Wisconsin, 1894-1895, with Jesse A. and Henry Baldwin, Chicago, 1895-1897. Settled in Los Angeles, 1898. Judge Superior Court Los Angeles County, 1913-1923.
Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court California, 1923, for term ending 1925 (chief justice, 1924-1925). Resumed practice at Los Angeles. Member O’Melveny & Myers.
Member American, California State, Los Angeles Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: California, Los Angeles, Sunset, Tuna, Lincoln of Los Angeles (director, president).
Married Blanche Brown, November 27, 1901. Children: Alice Elizabeth, John Wescott.