Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Haley, Robert E ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com December 3, 2007, 6:40 am Author: Past & Present, 1907 Robert E. Haley, city attorney of Joliet, is the youngest incumbent who has ever occupied this position but his years seem to be no bar to his progress as a member of the legal fraternity and in the conduct of important cases he has displayed marked ability. Born in Joliet, March 5, 1879, he is a son of Patrick C. and Mary Anastasia (D'Arcy) Haley, the former a prominent attorney of Chicago. In the schools of his native city Robert E. Haley acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by professional training in the University of Michigan. He studied law with his father for some time, doing much preparatory work in his office, and was graduated from the law department of the Michigan University in 1902. The same year he was admitted to the bar before the supreme court and entered at once upon the practice of his profession in Joliet, where he has since secured a gratifying clientage. In April, 1905, he was elected city attorney and has made a satisfactory record in the office. He is one of the youngest attorneys in Joliet and is the youngest who has ever been elected to the position which he is now filling. Socially he is popular and he has various fraternal connections, affiliating with the Elks, the Knights of Columbus, the Eagles, the White Cross and the Commercial Club. Additional Comments: Past and Present of Will County, Illinois, by W. W. Stevens, President of the Will County Pioneers Association. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/haley1928nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb