During the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the Students' Army Training Corps at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and served until honorably discharged from the United States Army.
He served as associate judge of the traffic court of Baltimore from 1929 to 1935, and as special assistant city solicitor in 1939 and 1940.
He served as district rent attorney for the Office of Price Administration during the Second World War.
He engaged in the general practice of law in Baltimore, Maryland, until his death there on October 2, 1969.
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