Carter P. Pomeroy

Carter P. Pomeroy was born in Rochester, New York, September 4, 1858, his parents and ancestors being early settlers of the Empire State.  His father, Hon. John Norton Pomeroy, was a prominent member of the New York bar, an author of standard law books and was ranked among the learned writers of the State.  He came to the Pacific coast and accepted a professorship in the law department of the University of California, the Hastings College of Law.  His death occurred in 1885.  His widow resides here.  Her family name is Carter, and her people are well known in Georgia, the state of her nativity.

     Mr. Pomeroy was reared and received his education in New York, taking his preparatory course in the schools of his native town and his collegiate course in the University of Rochester, graduating from the latter institution with the class of 1878.  After completing his studies in the East he came to California and entered the Hastings College of Law, graduating with honor and being admitted to the bar in 1879.  Since then he has conducted a successful law practice in the courts of the city and State; is located in San Francisco and associated in practice with Hon. Sidney V. Smith.

     For several years past Mr. Pomeroy has been the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of California, and has edited several legal works.

 

Transcribed 9-15-04  Marilyn R. Pankey