April 11, 2003: Retired Judge Adrian Adams' official nameplate and commemorative gavels are
reminders of his service on the bench and as the first president of the Henry Mayo Newhall
Memorial Health Foundation board.
Adrian W. Adams was appointed judge of the Newhall Municipal Court in 1970 by Gov. Ronald Reagan. For the
first time, the Newhall Judicial District had two judges. (C.M. MacDougall, already seated, was the other.)
By the time Adams retired from the bench in 1991, a third seat had been added to the court.
Adams opened a law practice on San Fernando Road in Newhall on May 1, 1953, and partnered with
attorney James Lowder.
