Background
Spiess, Carlos Augustus was born on October 4, 1899 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. Son of Charles A. and Ruby Jeannette (Lynch) Spiess.
Spiess, Carlos Augustus was born on October 4, 1899 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States. Son of Charles A. and Ruby Jeannette (Lynch) Spiess.
Student New Mexico Normal School, 1912-1916. Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1922.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1922. Associate Isham, Lincoln & Beale, 1922-1924, Defrees, Buckingham & Eaton, 1925-1928. General counsel Oliver Farm Equipment Company, 1929-1934.
Associate Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, 1935-1938.
Partner Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierncy, Brown & Platt, Chicago, since 1939.
Member American, Illinois, Chicago Bar Associations, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Law, Legal, The Attic, South Shore Country (Chicago.
Married Virginia Strain, March 12, 1927. Children: James C., Robert.