Maurice Timothy Dooling

Maurice Timothy Dooling Sr. (October 12, 1860 – November 4, 1924) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education and career

Dooling was born in a mining camp near Moores Flat, California, to Elizabeth Mary and Timothy Dooling, Irish immigrants who were pioneers in the territory. Maurice received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1880 and an Artium Magister degree in 1881 from Saint Mary's College of California (in San Francisco at that time). He was a teacher at St. Mary's College from 1881 to 1883, and read law to enter the bar in 1885. and as a Judge of the Superior Court of San Benito County from 1897 to 1913. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from Santa Clara College (now Santa Clara University) in 1903.

Federal judicial service

On July 18, 1913, Dooling was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Judge John J. De Haven.

Family

Dooling's son, Maurice T. Dooling Jr., was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1960.