New-York tribune., 1921-03-04
Wilson Will Open Of
fees With His Secretary
of State in WASHING.
ton and in This CITY
10 Years Since He
Was Active LAWYER
10 Apply for Admission
to Bars of New York
andD. G. SupremeC Court
From The Trtbmne's Washington bureau

From The Trtbume's Washington bureau
WASHINGTON, March 3.-President
Wilson will "resume the practice of
law upon retiring from the White
House, he announced to-day. The Presi-
dent VIII form partnership with Balm
bridge Colby, retiring Secretary of
State, and the firm will have Offices in
New York City and Washington. An
nouncement of the new firm was made
at the White House IN the following
statements:
"The President made the announce
ment to-day that at the conclusion of
his term of Office ho would resume the
practice of law, forming a partnership
with Secretary of State Bainbridge
Colby
"The firm will have offices in New
York City and Washington"
The announcement was issued by Sec
retary Tumulty, who added that the
firm would engage in the general prac-
tice CT law, as we'll as international law.
Before the new firm can function,
however, it will be necessary for both
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Colby to be ad-
mitted to the District of Columbia bar.
1t is assumed that this formality will
be carried out soon. President Wilson
also may seek admission to the Su-
preme Court of the United States and
to the courts of New York State. Mr.
Colby already is permitted to practice
in New York and before the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The Presidents announcement was
wholly unexpected, for no intimation
had been given that he felt physically
able to resume any profession that
might entail such labors as the law.
In fact, it had been generally over
looked that he was a lawyer, SO long
has he been associated with the teach
ing profession.
Mr.. Wilson began his law studies at
the University of Virginia Immediately
after his graduation from Princeton
University in 1879. He finished the
law course there in 1881, and went at
once to Atlanta, Ga, where, after ad-
mission TO the Georgia bar, he began
the active practice of law as the junior
partner in the firm of Renick g. Will
son. The office of this obscure firm in
Atlanta was located on an unimposing
street, but to-day the building which
housed the firm is constantly pointed
out as one of the historic spots Of the
Southern city.
Firm Dissolved in Year
The firm dissolved after a little
more than year, and the President
Went to Baltimore, where he took
graduate work at the Johns Hopkins
University in political economy and
history. He also practiced some in the
Baltimore courts. In 1885 Mr.. Wilson
Was named professor of history and
political economy at Bryn Mawr Col
legc, Pennsylvania, and from that time
onward until he left the field of col
legiate work and became Governor of
New Jersey he did not figure in the
practice of law.
Mr.. Colby is a graduate Of the New
York Law School, with the class Of '92
He practiced law in New York until
his appointment as Secretary of State
March % 1920 He was a membec of
the firm of Colby & Brown, with Of
fees at % Nassau Street.
The new firm will find already in the
field of international law here forme er
Secretary of State, Robert Lansing
with whom Lester II. Woolsey, fl T.
merly Solicitor of the Department of
State, is associated, under the firm
name of Lansing & Woolsey.