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Bolitha James Laws

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1938–1948

Bolitha James Laws , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Bolitha James Laws (August 22, 1891 – November 14, 1958) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1913
  • Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.M., 1914

Career

Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1914-1920; Private practice, New York City, 1920-1921; Litigation counsel/assistant general counsel, Emergency Fleet Corporation, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-1922; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1922-1938; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1958

Biography

Bolitha James Laws (August 22, 1891 – November 14, 1958) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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