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Bolitha James Laws

Bolitha James Laws

District of Columbia District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Born 1891 in Washington, DC

Died 1958

FJC ID: 1354

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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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

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

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaChief Judge
    1948–1958 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaChief Justice
    1945–1948 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  3. District of Columbia District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    1938–1945 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
    LL.M. · 1914
  2. Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
    LL.B. · 1913