Los Angeles County
Biographies
WALTER V. DYSERT
DYSERT, WALTER V.,
Attorney-at-Law, Los Angeles, California, was born at Danville, Illinois,
May 30, 1881. His father was Joseph Dysert
and his mother Abagail (Vinson) Dysert.
He married Maybelle C. Fox at Danville, Illinois,
December 20, 1905.
Mr. Dysert obtained his common
school education in his native State and graduated from the Oakwood High
School, Vermillion County, Illinois, in 1900, after which he determined to
follow law as a profession. To that end he read and studied law in the offices
of Illinois State Attorney S. G. Wilson, at Danville, for nearly two
years and familiarized himself with State and civic duties. He then entered the
Illinois Wesleyan University Law School at Bloomington, and graduated therefrom on June 11, 1901, and was admitted to
the bar of Illinois the same month.
Mr. Dysert had scarcely been
admitted to the bar when he became associated with
Colonel George T. Buckingham, in practice at Danville. That was
on September 1, 1901. Five months later, because of his unusual
activity and thorough satisfaction, he became associated in partnership with
Colonel Buckingham under the firm name of Buckingham and Dysert,
which association continued in the general practice of law, with Mr. Dysert numbering among the prominent and promising lawyers
of that section of the State. He continued with Colonel
Buckingham for about four years, withdrawing from the firm on
January 1, 1906.
Shortly after his marriage, which occurred about that
time, Mr. Dysert opened an office of his own.
His clear record as an attorney won him much and favorable prominence in his
neighborhood. During the same year in which he engaged in practice alone he
became a candidate for the Forty-fifth General Assembly of Illinois, as a
Progressive Republican from the Twenty-second Senatorial District. After a
vigorous campaign he was elected to that office, receiving more votes at the
election than did Joseph G. Cannon, who served so long as Speaker of
the House of Representatives. He served one term in the Legislature, but
refused to be a candidate for re-election, becoming actively identified with
the “Anti-Joseph G. Cannon” Republican organization in the Eighteenth
Congressional District of Illinois, and was strongly urged to become the
candidate for Congress by the “Anti-Cannon” followers. His side was taken by
many of the newspapers of his community, but he refused to continue in
politics, preferring success in his profession to legislative honors.
Mr. Dysert has always held a
very profitable clientele and from the close of his legislative term until
November 1, 1910, a period of four years, he was very active in his
home city, politically and in professional lines.
He moved to Los Angeles, arriving in that city during the
latter part of 1910, and immediately entered practice.
Mr. Dysert has been unusually
active in the trial of litigated cases in the courts of many states.
He has had an unusually large number of cases in the
courts of appeals, both State and Federal.
He has handled much litigation for and against
corporations, has defended twelve homicide cases, and has established a
brilliant record during his brief residence in Los Angeles.
Mr. Dysert is an accomplished
speaker, is a deep reader and a thorough student of law.
He has made numerous speeches on holiday programs, such
as Memorial and Independence Day orations.
Mr. Dysert is identified with
many social organizations and fraternal societies and clubs of this city.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
12 October 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 698, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Marie Hassard.
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