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STEPHEN
BERNARD ROBINSON
STEPHEN B. ROBINSON, member of the firm of Goudge, Robinson & Hughes, of Los Angeles, is well informed in the law of water rights and allied subjects. In addition to handling many cases in private practice he took an important part in the legal activities involved in the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
Mr. Robinson is a native of England, and was born in 1880 at Allerton. When ten years of age he was brought to the United States by his parents, who settled in Orange County, Calif., where he attended public schools. His legal training was obtained in the office of Herbert J. Goudge, and he was admitted to the California bar in 1902.
In 1905 Mr. Robinson entered upon the practice of law at Los Angeles in association with Mr. Goudge. In 1906 he became Deputy City Attorney of Los Angeles, and in that capacity served as assistant to the Chief Counsel of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Commission until 1913. In 1916 he became a member of the present firm of Goudge, Robinson & Hughes, Counsel for the Pacific National Bank, Bishop & Company, Metcalfe & Ryan, St. Anthony Mining & Development Company, Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Santa Monica Land & Water Co., Minarets & Western Railway Co., and the Department of Water & Power of the City of Los Angeles.
Mr. Robinson still devotes a great deal of his time to the Department of Water & Power. He is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, as well as the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the San Gabriel Country Club. In 1919 he married Georgia Belle McDonald and they have three children, Julian B., Stephen B., Jr., and Kenneth C.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: "American Blue Book California Lawyers"
by H. James Boswell, Page 72, Produced by H. James Boswell,
1928.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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