IIT Chicago Kent College of Law - Transcript Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE, Gordon 8: Grosskopf are lending legal advice to the U. S. army in all Court Martial Proceedings. Broz 81 Cushna, Chicago's renowned criminal lawyers, are now defending Lonesome joe Saboty, who is charged with having robbed the Consoli- dated Skala State Banks, of which Paul Skala is President. Ludwigs, Piper Si Sporer are aiding the prosecution in the interest of the Skala Banks. Dan Kaufman, working with the assistance of Alderman Ben Joseph, recently saved the city from the greatest graft since the famous Yerkes Traction Affair. ' . Samuel T. Klaskin is still -invoking the aid of the U. S. Constitution for the protection of individuals wrongfully accused of crime. Miss Eleanor Larsen, renowned divorce lawyeress, has recently obtained a divorce for Mrs. Stanley C. Buck, Police Magistrate of Pullman. Mr. Buck made no defense to the charges of cruel and inhuman treatment. jones, VVatson, Long Q' McClure, the well known patent authorities of this city, have just established offices on the 65th floor of the new Chicago- Kent College of Law building. . Alfred Lubin, expert on international aeronautical law, is drawing up an International Code of Air Law to be presented before Chief Justice Levinson at the next session of the Universal Court of Nations. David and Sidney Neuman now grace the cabinet of the president of the U. S., an extraordinary coincidence and a no less extraordinary cabinet. Albert H. Levy, of the firm of Levy, Malawsky Q Levy, is now devoting his efforts, and also his large fortune amassed in his 25 years of active law practice, to research for more beneficial and popular laws. Frank A. Little is corporation counsel for the city of Oak Park, Illinois. Tom Smullin, generally recognized as the national political Boss,' of the Republican party, has informed us that Robert Kermit Hill of Chicago will be nominated for president of the United States at 'the convention to be held in Chicago this month. Bud McDevitt of the firm of Dowd, Fay Sz McDevitt, Cicero, Ill., has been chosen to place Mr. Hill's name before the convention. 1 Kenneth G. Meyer is now the lst Vice-President of the Central Trust Co. of Illinois Hart, Schaffner R Marx announce that they will be represented in the future in all legal matters by the law firm of Muldoon 81 O'Connell. Claude C. Phillips is representing Lloyds in an action brought. against them on certain policies covering the ship Mesopotamia, which was sunk in the harbor of Gary, Indiana. A. L. Porter is now Professor of Medical jurisprudence 85 Criminal Anthropology at Harvard University. Henry C. Quigley is Master in Chancery of the Inferior Court. Setecka X Steiner, of New York City, comprise the greatest legal com- bination since that of Darrow and Bachrach. Q 1925 lk Page 69

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THE. X 47 Page 68 . L 2 Brennan and Foley recently defended successfully their Nine Hundred and Ninety-Ninth case for the Chicago Subway Lines-a million-dollar damage suit brought by Carey and Cook. , Reuben Davies Beckett is vacationing for an indefinite time in Florida since his well known cabaret, The Boudoir, was closed for one year by Federal injunction. Edwin H. Hofeld, legal expert on Real Estate Mortgages and Mechanics Liens, has been offered a lucrative position with the Chicago Title and Trust, but we doubt if that company can pay him anything near his income from his private practice. ' Carl Aplon, renowned for that splendid knowledge of Conflicts which he received at Kent, is now the strong man on the bench of the World Court. His former law partner and friend, Lewis Bennett, is with him in the capa- city of' expert adviser on International Law. Harry Rosenzweig is now senior member of the firm of Rosenzweig, Kopacz and Kaplan. The success of this firm is evidenced by the reports of their enormous retainers. Dillon and Duvall, the well known brokerage firm of Chicago and New York, recently caused a flutter in Wall Street by means of their corner on the sweet potato market of the world. ' George Hansen, Sr., is sitting at the present time as judge of the South Chicago Police Court. . From away out in jim Hill's Big Country comes word that Wni. B. Gubbins has accepted the honored position of editor of that esteemed and well known forerunner of American opinion, jim Jam Jems by jim jam junior. This word comes to us from no other than Attorney Howard Bal- lantyne of Chicago. Mr. Ballantyne advises that he will act as special cor- respondent for this territory. , George M. Engh, second-hand car king, is reported engaged to a very' wealthy divorcee from Hollywood, whose identity Mr. F.ngh refuses to reveal. Chief 'Jerome Iurewicz, who is in charge of the Cigarette Prohibition Enforcement of the Federal Government for Illinois, has succeeded in en- forcing the 58th Amendment as never before in its history. Brown, NVallace ik Zack are now located in the Olsen-We11dt,sixty-one- story skyscraper on La Salle Street, and report avery good Commission Merchant business. i A Dave Cohl is at present acting as General Counsel for the Brazilian Nut Trust. Irving Block is engaged in the arduous task of devising and drawing up a Code of Practice for Justice Courts which he will present for approval to the next legislature. ' The legal profession suffered a great loss during the past year when Joseph Horwich entered the ranks of science. He has been engaged to originate and provide names for new discoveries for the Association of Gen- eral Sciences. 1 ' Q Y' 1925 I 1

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, . L. E. Terry has just returned from a trip to Washington, D. C. Mr. Terry is the accepted authority of the day on the Federal Income Tax law. Federaljudge Zweig is getting ready to publish his new book, My Personal Re- collections of the jazz Age. It might be f remarked that the eminent jurist is very capable indeed of handling this interesting subject. Don't fail to read his book. sig john T. Zuris is now the Professor of Common Law Pleading at Kent and in that capacity is known to all Kent Alumni. 'JUDGE ZWEIG j. Milton Sampson is one of our most prominent and wealthy south side realtors. Henry E. Sasso heads the Morals Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association. V , ' Smith Q Swank, manufacturers of the new hair groom and restorer, 'fOleo, report that business is exceeding their fondest expectations. David T. Smithson is chief counsel for the Boilermakers and Brick- layers Unions. Walter R. Titzel has just opened' his second magnificent hotel at 97th and Etwing, and invites all Kent Alumni to try its hospitality at 36.00 per room and up. james A. Jennings, Clerk of the Municipal Court of Chicago, has pub- lished a new work giving a history of the Municipal Court since its incep- tion, with valuable data on the amount and character of litigation handled since 1906. It is a very interesting work. Arthur Torme is justly celebrated as combining the talents of lawyer and musical composer. His latest song hit, She was a daisy, absque hoc that she is old, has proved a tremendous seller. A ' We learn that Messrs. Heinecamp and Garner have forsaken the law, and have taken up missionary work among the unenlightened in Kamchatka. Charity begins at home, someone has said, but perhaps there is more ro- mance in Kamchatka. Professor Henry Huddler Moore, of the law school of the University of Chicago, has been tendered a ,chair at Harvard University law school, and it is said that he intends to leave the midway for Cambridge in the near future. . Probate judge Charles S. Macaulay, in rounding out his tenth year on the bench, was presented with a silver loving cup by his former classmates from Chicago-Kent. judge Macaulay is now sitting as chief justice of the probate court, and has been so since the establishment of the 6th and 7th divisions.. 192 j Pa e 70 xr J if