Frank McNamee

Frank McNamee (1906 – November 4, 1968) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1958 to 1965.

Early life, education, military service, and career Born into a prominent Nevada family in Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada, McNamee received his law degree from Stanford Law School in 1930. After serving as a Municipal Judge of the City of Las Vegas from 1930 to 1933, he entered private practice in 1933. Active in the state Republican Party, he was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 1938, losing to Maurice J. Sullivan. A man named Phillippe Denning was arrested for the attack the following day, having ditched McNamee's stolen car in a town in Missouri and made his way to St. Louis. Denning was committed to the Nevada State Hospital pending a hearing on his sanity, ultimately pleading guilty to attempted manslaughter and receiving a one-to-five year sentence.

McNamee died in Las Vegas three years later, at the age of 62.