Early Career
He was a Trial Attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1940. He was a Technical Advisor to the chairman, SEC from 1940 to 1941. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1941 to 1967. In 1945 and 1946, he served as chief Assistant Counsel for the Democrats' side during the Pearl Harbor hearings. He was a Chairman, President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces from 1962 to 1964.
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