Background
Leesman, Elmer Martin was born on September 14, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Martha E. (Von Farra) Leesman.
Leesman, Elmer Martin was born on September 14, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Martha E. (Von Farra) Leesman.
Graduate Northwest Division High School, Chicago. Bachelor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1909.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1909 and began practice with Alfred W. Craven, Chicago. Member firm of Jordan & Leesman, 1916-1917, Busch, Leesman & Roemer, 1917-1923, Leesman & Roemer, 1923-1927, Leesman, Roemer & Schnell, 1927-1930, Leesman & Roemer, 1930-1931. Attorney Chicago Title and Trust Company, 1931-1940, Friedlund, Levin & Friedlund since 1949.
Professor of law, Northwestern University, 1927-1950. Now professor emeritus.
Member of committee on character and fitness, Supreme Court of Illinois, 1925-1931, (chairman of committee, 1929-1931). Member American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Assns., Order of the Coif.
Married Julie Bartholdy, December 31, 1910.