Macklin Fleming

Background

Fleming, Macklin was born on September 6, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ingram Macklin Stainback and Hazel (Caldwell) Fleming.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1934. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1937. Doctor of Laws, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 1968.

Career

Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, 1937-1939; attorney, Bituminous Coal division United States Government, Washington, 1939-1941; private practice, San Francisco, 1946-1949; assistant United State Attorneys, United States Attorney' General’ s Office, San Francisco, 1949-1953; associate, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, 1954-1959; judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles, 1959-1964; justice, California Court Appeal, Los Angeles, 1964-1981; of counsel, Troy and Gould, Los Angeles, 1981-1991; assigned judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles, 1992-1998.

Achievements

• Macklin Fleming has been listed as a notable Judge, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Price of Perfect Justice: The Adverse Consequences of Current Legal Doctrine on the American Courtroom

    (Price Of Perfect Justice, The: The Adverse Consequences O...)

Membership

Chairman Far Eastern Art Council, Los Angeles County Museum, 1967-1969. Vice president Center Theater Group, Los Angeles, 1970. Captain United States Army, 1941-1946.

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Bar of City of New York, Institute of Judicial Administration, Selden Society, Foreign Policy Association, International communications of Jurists.

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Polly Naething, May 17, 1941. Children: Penelope, Frances, Ingram.

Father:

Ingram Macklin Stainback Fleming

Mother:

Hazel (Caldwell) Fleming

Spouse:

Polly Naething

child:

Frances Fleming

child:

Ingram Fleming

child:

Penelope Fleming