Curtis L. Waller
(1887-1950)

Died aged c. 63

Curtis L. Waller, born in 1887, came to Florida as a young attorney in 1918. Shortly thereafter he and Claude Pepper established the law firm of Waller and Pepper. Judge Waller was elected to the state legislature, became State’s Attorney, State Circuit Judge and was finally appointed to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by Franklin Roosevelt. During his judicial career Judge Waller never had a decision overturned by a higher court. After his death in 1950, the State of Florida named a park near the south steps of the Florida Capitol building in his honor.

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Curtis Longino Waller (January 9, 1887 – July 11, 1950) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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