Los Angeles County
Biographies
FRANK EDWARD DOMINGUEZ
DOMINGUEZ, FRANK EDWARD,
Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles, California, was born in that city,
May 11, 1876. He is the son of Rosario and Guadalupe Gallardo
Dominguez. On May 11, 1898, he married Jessie Street in his home
city. There has been born to them one child, Helen Gertrude Dominguez.
Mr. Dominguez spent his boyhood days in Los Angeles and
vicinity, where his education was attained. He attended the grammar and
preparatory schools and then registered at St. Vincent’s College, Los
Angeles.
At the age of twelve Mr. Dominguez went into the City
Engineer’s office, working under the direction of Eaton Dockweiler,
Chief Deputy under John Drain, then Street Superintendent of Los Angeles.
During these early years Mr. Dominguez gave considerable amount of his spare
time to the study of law and at the age of twenty-one was admitted to the Los
Angeles bar.
Not long after his admittance to the bar he became Deputy
County Clerk. This was under Charles Bell, now Senator. His next public
position was that of Clerk in the Court under Judge M. T. Allen.
At this time the national interest was growing in the
Philippines, where the United States was reorganizing the governmental system
of the islands. Mr. Dominguez left Los Angeles and went to the Philippines
with the Taft Commission. He was in the Government service nearly two years and
at one time was Judge Taft’s interpreter.
During his service with the Government in the Philippines
Mr. Dominguez became well acquainted, and after his work under the Taft
Commission was completed he decided to open a law practice there. For the next
four years he was busily engaged with a profitable practice, and during that
time visited throughout the islands, studied the condition of the natives and
is today well informed on the islands in general.
While there he was attorney for Emilio Aguinaldo, the
famous insurgent chief of the Philippine natives. While acting in this capacity
he learned a great deal about the natives of the islands and of their history.
His work for Emilio Aguinaldo occupied a considerable amount of time and
brought him into national prominence.
He returned to Los Angeles after his work in the islands
and opened a law practice. A little later he was appointed on a commission
representing the State of Colorado at the Mexican Centennial with the
Hon. M. Tarpez and Col. George Pippy.
During his work in Los Angeles since his return from
Mexico and the Philippines he has been associated with Earl Rogers in the
practice of law. He is well known here and is today one of the prominent
practicing attorneys of the city. His ability to speak and read the Spanish and
Mexican languages makes him a valuable man in handling cases that deal with those
peoples. His varied experiences abroad and in Mexico have been of material
value to him in his profession, and today he is profiting by these years of
experience.
Born with the gift of eloquence and possessed of a
naturally strong voice, Mr. Dominguez has won recognition as an orator and
is one of the accomplished jury pleaders before the Bar of Southern California.
Mr. Dominguez is a great man for home life, and when not
engaged in the practice or study of law may be found at home with his family.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
12 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 695, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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