National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE DOCKET Hon. Fenton W. Booth, LL.D. Professor of Elements of Jurisprudence Chief Justice, United States Court of Claims Native of Illinois ; educated Marshall High School ; DePauw University; University of Michigan, LL.B., 1892; admitted to the bar, 1892; practiced at Marshall, Illinois as member of firm of Golden, Schofield and Booth; member of Fortieth General Assembly of Illi- nois; Judge of the U. S. Court of Claims, 1905-1928; Chief Justice of the U. S. Court of Claims since 1928. Julius I. Peyser, LL.M., D.C.L. Lecturer of Equity Procedure and Judge of Equity Moot Court Graduate of Georgetown University Law School and George Washington University Law School; engaged in practice of law since 1899; during the World War was Captain in U. S. Army; formerly member of Board of Education ; President of Bar Association of the District of Columbia, 1929; Vice-President American Bar Asso- ciation for the D. C., 1930; member Pi Gamma Mu. J.U.D., D.C.L., Ph.D., J.D. Professor of Roman, Civil and Comparative Law Former United States Judge in the Philippines and in China. Former Special Assistant to the Attorney Gen- eral. Author of several legal works and of over 100 contributions to legal encyclopedias and periodicals, in- cluding all of the former published in the United States. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Delta Kappa (honorary) fraternities. C. Sumner Lobingier 21

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TH E DOCKET Hon. D. Lawrence Groner, LL.D. Professor of the Law of Admiralty Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Educated at Washington and Lee University, Lexing- ton, Va., 1888-1892; University of Virginia, Cnarlottes- vilie, Va., 1892-1891, member of Phi Beta Kappa; began practice of law in Norfolk, Va., 1894; specialized in admiralty; in 1910 was appointed United States Attor- ney; in 1921 was appointed United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia; in 193 1 was ap- ponted on the Judges of the Court of Appeals at Washington. Thomas H. Patterson, LL.B. Professor of the Law of Contracts and Associate Professor of Real Property Born in King and Queen County, Virginia; came to the District of Columbia in early manhood ; graduate of Georgetown University Law School, 1906; engaged in private practice in the District of Columbia ; member of Sigma Nu Phi, member of Faculty of National University Law School since 1919. Richard A. Ford, LL.M. Associate Justice, Moot Court of Appeals Educated in the law office of G. G. Wells, University of Virginia, and George Washington University; admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia in 1893 ; Editor of the Washington Law Reporter for the past 33 years. ‘20

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THE DOCKET Oscar R. Luhring, LL.D. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Born in Gibson County, Indiana, February n, 1879; son of Henry W. and Martha Brown Luhring ; married ; LL.B., University of Virginia, June 13, 1900; and LL.D., National University, June 13, 1932. Began practice of law at Evansville, Indiana, 1900; member of Indiana House of Representatives (1903-1904) ; appointed Asso- ciate Justice Supreme Court District of Columbia, July 3, 1930 ; member of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity and Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity; Professor, Law of Suretyship and Equity Pleadings and Practice, National University. Hon. Tfiomas P. Gore, LL.D. Lecturer on English Legal History Senator from Oklahoma 1909 to 1921 ; re-elected to Senate from Oklahoma in 1931 ; Member of the United States Rural Credits Commission, 1913. Ernest W. Gibson, B.S., A.M., LL.D. Lecturer on Trial Procedure Former Judge Municipal Court, Windham County, Ver- mont; served in World War overseas as Captain of Infantry; former Colonel of 172nd Inf. N.G., Vermont; Member of Congress; Vice-President Norwich University. 22