LYNN HELM

Los Angeles County

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LYNN HELM

HELM, LYNN, Attorney, Los Angeles, California, was born in Chicago, Ill., October 29, 1857, and is the son of Henry Thomas Helm, a distinguished lawyer of Illinois, and Julia Lathrop Helm. He was married April 26, 1888, in Chicago, to Annie Horlock, and three children have been born to them, Elizabeth, Lynn, Jr., and Harold Helm.

Mr. Helm entered Lake Forest Academy in 1865 and there received his education and preparation for college, leaving in 1875 for Princeton University, from which he was graduated in 1879 with the degree of A.B. He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1882.

After leaving college he studied law in the office of his father, and in 1881 was admitted to practice in Indiana and Illinois.

He practiced in Chicago until 1896, when he moved to Los Angeles, and since that time has handled many notable cases, among them the Lowe and Dobbins gas cases and the case of Dobbins vs. City of Los Angeles, which he won finally in the Supreme Court of the United States.

He has been Referee in Bankruptcy of the United States District Court of Southern District of California for Los Angeles County since 1901, and also acted as Master in Chancery for the United States Circuit Court in that district. He also has written several legal works and was selected as a commissioner to the Conference on Uniform Laws and contributed much to the new ideas embodied in the work of that body.

Mr. Helm is a member of the State, City and American Bar Associations and is president of the State Bar Association.

He is a director of the University Club, and also belongs to the California Club, Los Angeles Country Club, Annandale Country Club and the Crags County Club.

Transcribed 9-19-08 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 129, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.

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