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James Stanislaus Easby-Smith

(1870- )
Washington, D.C.

James Stanislaus Easby-Smith was born, May 17, 1870, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He obtained his A.B. and A.M. degrees from Georgetown in 1892 and his LL.B. and LL.M. in 1894. He was admitted to the bar in 1894. He was employed as a law examiner for the Department of Justice, 1893-1896, and served as special assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1896. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. from 1904 to 1906. He also taught law at Georgetown University.

James Stansislaus Easby-Smith
Georgetown Law Journal, vol. 9, 1921, p. 85

Poetry

James Stanislaus Easby-Smith, The New Napolean: A Satire (Washington: Stormont & Jackson, 1896)[under the nom de plume M. De Steel]

Writings

James Stanislaus Easby-Smith, The Department of Justice: Its History and Functions (Washington, D.C.: W.H. Lowdermilk, 1904)

Translations

The Songs of Sappho (Washington, D.C.: Stormant & Jackson, 1891)

The Songs of Alcaeus (Washington, D.C.: W.W. Lowermilk, 1901)