Sherrill Halbert

Personal

Birthday: 
10/17/1901
Birthplace: 
Terra Bella, CA
Date of Death: 
5/31/1991
Place of Death: 
San Rafael, CA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Porterville, California, 1927-1941
Chief deputy district attorney, Tulare County, California, 1927-1936
Deputy attorney general, State of California, 1942
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1942-1944
Private practice, Modesto, California, 1944-1949
Chief deputy district attorney, Stanislaus County, California, 1944-1949
District attorney, Stanislaus County, California, 1949
Judge, Superior Court of California, 1949-1954

Education

Name of School: 
University of California, Berkeley
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1924
Name of School - Second: 

University of California Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley Law is a community of thinkers and doers exuberantly engaged in life. We are one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities, in one of the most vibrant places on the planet. At Berkeley Law, we are committed to absolute top-tier education and scholarship. And we are equally committed to using our substantial intellectual capital to help solve real-world problems and to create a more just society. One of our distinguishing features is the extraordinary degree to which our students and faculty partner with people beyond the school: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1927

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
Court Name: 

California Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
8/26/1954
Termination Date: 
9/18/1966
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Court Name - Second: 

California Eastern District Court

Commission Date - Second: 
9/18/1966
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
9/30/1969
Termination Date - Second: 
5/31/1991
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death