Matthew Tobriner
| Mathew Oscar Tobriner | |
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| Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
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In office July 2, 1962 – January 20, 1982 |
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| Appointed by | Governor Pat Brown |
| Preceded by | Maurice T. Dooling Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Cruz Reynoso |
| Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, First District | |
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In office 1959 – July 1, 1962 |
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| Appointed by | Governor Pat Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 2, 1904 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1982 (aged 78) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Rosabelle Rose (m. 1939) |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University (B.A., M.A.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.) University of California, Berkeley (J.S.D.) |
Mathew Oscar Tobriner (April 2, 1904 – April 7, 1982) was an American labor attorney, law professor, and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from July 2, 1962, to January 20, 1982.
A native of San Francisco, Tobriner was educated at Lowell High School and was a member of its famed Lowell Forensic Society, the nation's oldest high school debate team. He attended Stanford University, and in 1924 received his A.B. degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors, and the next year his M.A.. In 1927, he graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude and Order of the Coif with a LL.B.. In April 1928, he was admitted before the California Bar. He continued his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded a Doctor of Juridical Science in 1932.
After law school, Tobriner entered private practice and specialized in labor law. In 1928, he founded the firm of Tobriner, Lazarus, Brundage & Neyhart, in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he represented the American Federation of Labor and various unions for over 25 years, except for stints working at public agencies.
Tobriner was active in Democratic Party politics. From 1932 to 1936, during the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tobriner served as chief attorney in the solicitor's office of the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1948, he was state vice-chair of President Harry Truman's re-election campaign. In May 1950, he was northern California chair of the campaign of Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas for the United States Senate.
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