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William Ellsworth Dunn, or W.E. Dunn, (1861–1925) was the city attorney of Los Angeles, California, and represented various concerns of California capitalist Henry E. Huntington. He was a founder of the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm.
/ref> He was married to Nellie M. Briggs on January 3, 1883, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1885 he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his law studies, and he was admitted to the
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, William Ellsworth Los Angeles City Attorneys 1861 births 1925 deaths California Republicans University of Michigan Law School alumni People from Allegan County, Michigan People associated with Gibson Dunn 19th-century American lawyers
William Ellsworth Dunn, or W.E. Dunn, (1861–1925) was the city attorney of Los Angeles, California, and represented various concerns of California capitalist Henry E. Huntington. He was a founder of the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm.
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Dunn was born on August 2, 1861, in Douglas, Michigan, or in Saagetuck, Maine, the son of George E. Dunn and Ellen V. Dickinson. He attended Allegan High School in Allegan, Michigan, followed by a year of preparatory school and then a year in the law department of the University of Michigan.Press Reference Library, ''Western Edition Notables of the West,'' volume 1, page 501 (1913)/ref> He was married to Nellie M. Briggs on January 3, 1883, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1885 he moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his law studies, and he was admitted to the
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in 1887.
A Republican, Dunn was a member of the California Club
Based in Los Angeles, California, the California Club is an by-invitation-only private club established in 1888.
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, the Jonathan Club
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, the Los Angeles Country Club and the Bolsa Chica Club.
Dunn died August 22, 1925, "apparently from apoplexy." Cremation took place August 24 at Hollywood Cemetery after a Christian Science
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service. Survivors were his wife; a brother, George Dunn of Chicago, and a sister. Streetcars of the Los Angeles Railway, of which he was a vice president, were to stop service for one minute to mark the beginning of the funeral rite."Attorney Dunn Burial Monday," August 23, 1925, page 3Career
Dunn was appointed assistant city attorney in Los Angeles in 1890, and in 1890 he was elected as city attorney, reelected in 1892. During those years he represented the city in its legal disputes with the Los Angeles Water Co. over the amount the company should pay to the city for its water. After the end of his second elected term, the city appointed him as a special counsel to carry on thelitigation
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.''Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials 1850–1938,'' Municipal Reference Library, March 1938, reprinted 1946
In private practice, Dunn was a founding partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, specializing in corporation law. He was legal adviser to the Pacific Electric Railway, the Los Angeles Railway, the Los Angeles-Redondo Railway
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and various enterprises of capitalist Henry E. Huntington
Henry Edwards Huntington (February 27, 1850 – May 23, 1927) was an American railroad magnate and collector of art and rare books. Huntington settled in Los Angeles, where he owned the Pacific Electric Railway as well as substantial real estate ...
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, William Ellsworth Los Angeles City Attorneys 1861 births 1925 deaths California Republicans University of Michigan Law School alumni People from Allegan County, Michigan People associated with Gibson Dunn 19th-century American lawyers