Background
Peters, Raymond Elmer was born on April 17, 1903 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Frank J. and Mabel C. (Whitaker) Peters.
Peters, Raymond Elmer was born on April 17, 1903 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Frank J. and Mabel C. (Whitaker) Peters.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity California at Berkeley, 1925, Juris Doctor, 1927.
Admitted to California bar, 1927. Associate Garret West. McEnerny, San Francisco, 1927-1929. Partner Louis R. Deadrich, Oakland, California, 1929-1930.
Chief law section California Supreme Court, 1930-1939, The American Association Foreign Justice, 1959-1973.
Presiding justice District Court Appeal, 1st Appellate District, San Francisco, 1939-1959. Instructor law. Oakland College Law, 1927-1939.
Vice president California League American Indians, 1957-1973. Director San Francisco Law School.
Trustee Franklin Hospital, 1956-1959.
President Intertribal Friendship House, Oakland.
Member California Conference Judges (president 1948-1949), Northern California Service League (president of the board directors 1948-1960), Alumni Association School Law University of California (president 1954-1955), American Friends Service Committee (chairman Indian committee East Bay), California Heritage Council (board of trustees 1961-1973), Order of Coif. Club: Commonwealth (San Francisco).
Married Marion Estabrook, July 23, 1928. Children: Janet (Mistress Arthur Garrison), Douglas Kirk (deceased).