Bruce Sumner
Bruce Wilson Sumner (July 1, 1924 – March 25, 2018) served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. After leaving the bench in 1985 Judge Sumner was involved in private judging and was appointed the Trustee for a failing bank's trust department. He subsequently appointed Mosier & Company as the administrator to recover $10 million for 64 pension plans belonging to 32 doctors. The effort was called the 1985 Sumner Trust. Judge Sumner served as a United States Marine and at the very end of World War II and later served in the Korean conflict where he received six Battle Stars, three Presidential Unit Citations and a Letter of Commendation with the Combat Letter “V.” He retired from the Marine reserve as a Lt. Colonel and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the November 10th Association. As a lawyer he was a Deputy Public Defender, and later a partner at Kindel & Anderson. Judge Sumner also put in three impressive terms in the California State Legislature as an Assemblyman where he served as Chair of the Judiciary Committee. As an Assemblyman, he carried the enabling legislation for projects such as