William Ellsworth Dunn
William Ellsworth Dunn, or W.E. Dunn, (1861–1925) was the city attorney of Los Angeles, California, and represented various concerns of California capitalist Henry E. Huntington. He was a founder of the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm.
Personal
Dunn was born on August 2, 1861, in
He was married to Nellie M. Briggs on January 3, 1883, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1885 he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his law studies, and he was admitted to the bar in 1887.[1]
A Republican, Dunn was a member of the California Club, the Jonathan Club, the Los Angeles Country Club and the Bolsa Chica Club.[1]
Dunn died August 22, 1925, "apparently from apoplexy." Cremation took place August 24 at Hollywood Cemetery after a Christian Science service. Survivors were his wife; a brother, George Dunn of Chicago, and a sister. Streetcars of the Los Angeles Railway, of which he was a vice president, were to stop service for one minute to mark the beginning of the funeral rite.[2]
Career
Dunn was appointed assistant city attorney in Los Angeles in 1890, and in 1890 he was elected as
In private practice, Dunn was a founding partner of
References
- ^ a b c d Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, volume 1, page 501 (1913)
- ^ "Attorney Dunn Burial Monday," August 23, 1925, page 3.
- ^ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials 1850–1938, Municipal Reference Library, March 1938, reprinted 1946