Born: August 22, 1891
Washington, D.C.

Died: November 14, 1958
Washington, D.C.

Bolitha James Laws

Associate Justice, District Court of the U.S. for the District of Columbia (now U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)

Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 10, 1938, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. Confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1938, and received commission on June 24, 1938. Service terminated on March 2, 1945, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Chief Justice, District Court of the U.S. for the District of Columbia (now U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)

Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 19, 1945, to a seat vacated by Edward C. Eicher. Confirmed by the Senate on February 22, 1945, and received commission on February 23, 1945. Service terminated on September 1, 1948, due to reassignment.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Reassigned on September 1, 1948, to a new seat authorized by 62 Stat. 869. Served as chief judge, 1948-1958. Service terminated on November 14, 1958, due to death.

Other Federal Judicial Service:

Judge, Emergency Court of Appeals, 1943-1958

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

Artist
Peter Evan Egeli (1934 – .) Like other members of his family, Mr. Egeli has spent his life pursuing art. At the age of five, he had his first lesson in perspective drawing. At 18, he studied at the Corcoran School Art. After a stint in the United States Marine Corps, he entered the Maryland Institute of Art where he won first prize in the Senior Concours. Thereafter, he attended the Arts Students League in New York and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He later taught both drawing and painting at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

He is the former President and Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists.

Mr. Egeli’s career as a portrait and marine artist has spanned decades. His portraits hang in boardrooms, in government and industrial spaces, and in academia

See Judge Bolitha J. Laws’ Sculpture.

Professional 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

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

  • Papers of Calvert Magruder, 1920-1965; 17 linear ft. (ca. 12,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.

  • Dorothy Thompson papers, 1914-1961; 70 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

  • Julien Cornell papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1945-1965; 1.88 linear ft.; finding aid; represented.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts