HON. FRANK M. ANGELLOTTI

 

Hon. Frank M. Angellotti began the practice of law more than forty years ago, and his career brought him advancement to the post of chief justice of the California Supreme Court. He has spent all of his life in the San Francisco Bay District. He was born at San Rafael, California, September 4, 1861, son of Giuseppe and Frances L. Osgood Angellotti. His father was a native of Italy, and his mother from the State of Maine. Judge Angellotti attended private school and the Lowell High School in San Francisco, graduating in 1879. He studied law with Judges Darwin and Murphy of San Francisco, and also attended the Hastings Law School, from which he graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1882. Admitted to the bar by the State Supreme Court, he began practice in his native Town of San Rafael. In November, 1884, he was elected district attorney, filling that office six years, and in November, 1890, was chosen judge of the Superior Court of Marin County, one of the youngest men ever chosen to this responsible office. He served on the Superior bench for twelve years, until 1903. In January, 1903, he went on the Supreme bench as an associate justice, and in 1915 became chief justice of the California Supreme Court. Judge Angellotti resigned November 15, 1921, and has since been engaged in private practice. His learning and practical wisdom has been written into many of the most important decisions of the Supreme Court. Judge Angellotti is general counsel for the Western Pacific Railroad Company. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and was grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of California in 1898 and 1899.

He married, December 27, 1884, Miss Emma C. Cearley, of California. Their daughter, Marion Polk Angellotti, a native of San Rafael, has earned some notable distinction as one of California’s authors. She served as a volunteer canteen worker with the American Red Cross, 1918-19, being with an evacuation hospital during the Saint Mihiel offensive, and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Her best known books are "Sir John Hawkwood," "The Burgundian," "Harlette," "The Fire-Fly of France" and "The Three Black Bags."