He was solicitor for the Recorder of Deeds for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1936.

He was a member of the Berks County Board Law Examiners from 1946 to 1960.

He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County from 1960 to 1962.

[2] Body was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on March 5, 1962, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Allan Kuhn Grim.

He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on May 30, 1972.