He was rarely seen in a courtroom; his official biography for the 1896 campaign admitted that "he has actually appeared in court a smaller number of times than, perhaps, any lawyer in Passaic County".
他很少出现在法庭上，1896年大选时他的官方传记中表示，“他实际上出现在法庭上的次数可能比巴赛克县的其他另外一位律师都要少”。