Walter J. La Buy

Background

Buy, Walter J. La was born in 1889 in on farm, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jacob La Buy.

Education

Nephew, Judge M. A. La Buy, pioneer Chicago resident. Educated Beaver Dam (Wisconsin). Kent College of Law; Bachelor of Laws, De Paul University, Chicago, 1912.

Career

Admitted to Illinois bar, 1912. Practiced in Chicago until 1933. Member Board of Commissioners, Cook County, 1930-1933.

Elected judge Circuit Court of Cook County, 1933, for term ending 1939, reelected for term ending 1945. Appointed judge The United States of America District Court, Northern district, 1944.

Membership

Member Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Judicature Society. Clubs: Union League, Tavern, Fin and Feather (Chicago.

Connections

Children: Alice O’Donnell Foy, Helen M. Shackelford.

Father:

Jacob La Buy. Buy

child:

Helen M. Shackelford Buy

child:

Alice O’Donnell Foy Buy