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JAMES EDWARD
KELBY
As a result of close attention to the demands of his profession, a high place among the successful corporation lawyers of the west has been attained by James E. Kelby, senior member of the law firm of Kelby & Lawson, of Los Angeles.
He was born on the Isle of Man in 1862, and moved with his parents to the United States when 15 years of age. He received his early educational training in public schools, then prepared himself for the practice of law through private study and at Omaha Law School, which he helped to organize. He was admitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1889, and in that same year became associated with Charles J. Greene, Attorney for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.
In 1895 Mr. Kelby became assistant to the General Solicitor of that company, and 12 years later he succeeded as General Solicitor. After serving in that capacity for about five years he resigned and moved to Los Angeles, where he engaged in the general practice of law. In 1914 he became General Attorney for California of the Salt Lake Route, but in 1917 he re-entered private practice.
Mr. Kelby specializes in corporation and public utility law and is Counsel for a number of important industrial and commercial interests. He is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of California and Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is also a Mason, Shriner and Knight Templar, and a member of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Athletic Club, Rancho Golf & Country Club, Balboa Country Club and California Yacht Club. In 1894 he married Eugenie DeHaven and they have one daughter, Aulta Dahlia.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: "American Blue Book California Lawyers"
by H. James Boswell, Page 127, Produced by H. James Boswell,
1928.
© 2008 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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