Bullock, Georgia Philipps Morgan
1874 - 1957

Details
Alias: Georgia Philipps Morgan
Born: 11/18/1874 in Chicago, Illinois
Died: 8/29/1957
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Professional Facts
Practice Area:
Criminal Law
Family Law
Juvenile Law
Will & Estates
Profession:
Criminal law
Family law (Divorce law)
Probate law
Strong proponent of strict child support and custody laws
Presided over women's cases in Police Court
Regions and States of Practice:
CA, West
Legal Education:
University of Southern California School of Law, 1914
Southwestern Law School
Other Education:
Isaac Woodbury College
Positions During Her Career:
Private practitioner (1913-1925)
Referee of Woman's Cases in Police Court (1915)
Deputy District Attorney (1917-1919)
Judge Protem, Superior Bench (1922)
Probate Court Appraiser
Police Judge for Women's Court (1924)
Municipal Judge (1926)
Judge Protem of Superior Court (1928)
Superior Court Judge of Los Angeles (1931-1956)
Presided over the Psychopathic Department of the Superior Court (1934-1943)
Presided over the Adoption and Children's Court of Conciliation (1943-1956)
Firsts:
Bullock was one of the founders of Phi Delta Delta, the first law student sorority in the United States.
Woman member of the Los Angeles Bar Association.
Woman Police Judge in Los Angeles.
Woman judge of the Superior Court of California.
California judge to preside over "drunk and vagrancy" court.
Further Research Materials

References:
Finding Aid for the Georgia Philipps Morgan Bullock Papers, 1890-1957
Finding Aid for the Georgia Philipps Morgan Bullock Papers, 1890-1957, UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections, Young (charles E.) Research Library, 2006, available at: http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2489q35k
A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Selma Moidel Smith: A Century of Achievement: The Centennial of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 85 Women Lawyers Journal 2 (Summer 1999) *Originally printed as two articles: "...The First 50 Years," 9 Experience 1 (Fall 1998), and "...The Second 50 Years," 9 Experience 2 (Winter 1999)
Shoulder to Shoulder: Litta Belle Hibben Campbell and the Women of the U.S.C. Law School During the Early Years
John G. Tomlinson, Shoulder to Shoulder: Litta Belle Hibben Campbell and the Women of the U.S.C. Law School During the Early Years, 71 Southern California Law Review 6 (1997)
Mary H. Zimmerman (Ed.), 75 Year History of the National Association of Women Lawyers: 1899-1974. New York: The Association (1975).
Tribute to Judge Georgia Bullock and Judge Ida May Adams
Southern California Council of The National Association of Women Lawyers: Tribute to Judge Georgia Bullock of the Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, and Judge Ida May Adams of the Municipal Court, Los Angeles, California, 19 Women Lawyers' Journal 4 (August 1932)
Woman in Field for Judgeship, Los Angeles Times, February 27, 1927
Woman Named Police Judge, Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1924

Student Papers:
'Bobbed-Haired Portia Takes the Bench': Judge Georgia Bullock and her Campaign for the Los Angeles Superior Court
Robertson, Cara, 1997
Georgia Bullock: Mother of the Los Angeles Women's Court
Lam, Lisa M., 2002
Georgia Bullock (1878-1957)
Chung, Eileen, 2007
Potential Paper Topics:
Research into Bullock's involvement with the formation of the sorority Phi Delta Delta, the University of Southern California's Women's Association and the first law student sorority in the United States.
An analysis of Bullock's relationship with John Preston.
Involvement with the Women Lawyer's Club of Los Angeles, which she helped find.
An analysis of her work as special counsel for the Legal Aid Society of California.