Biography of 	Wolff, Solomon, Prussia, then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller July 1998

**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************  

Wolff, Solomon, well-known attorney and writer upon legal topics, New
Orleans, was born in Prussia, March 3, 1859; son of Joseph and Esther
(Warschauer) Wolff, both of whom were born in Prussia.  The son came to
Louisiana in April, 1868, coming with his mother, the father having 
come to America just previous to the beginning of the Civil war, which 
prevented the mother and son joining him in the new world until 
tranquil conditions had been restored in Louisiana.  Joseph Wolff, the 
father, first located at Alexandria, La., where he was in business as a 
general merchant from 1866 to 1873, when the family removed to 
Shreveport, where the death of the mother occurred in 1903 and that of 
the father some time before.  Solomon Wolff was educated in private 
schools at Alexandria, La., later entering the law school of Tulane 
university at New Orleans and graduating from that institution with the 
degree of LL. B. in the class of 1892.  In the same year he opened law 
offices in the city of New Orleans and began the practice of his 
profession, which has engaged his attention since that time.  Mr. Wolff 
has never entered into partnership practice, and has by his own 
industry and marked ability as an attorney, coupled with a
reputation for unswerving fidelity to the interests of his clients, 
drawn to himself a most desirable and substantial clientele.  Mr. Wolff 
was appointed by Gov. Blanchard as a member of the Torrens land 
registration commission, and later as a member of the tax commission.  
He is now a member of a state commission appointed for the purpose of 
preparing a code of laws for the regulation of corporations.  He is a 
democrat and active in support of the principles for which his party 
stands, aggressive and public-spirited in the discharge of the 
obligations of citizenship, but in no sense an office-seeker.  Mr. 
Wolff has edited a revision of the Constitution and Laws of Louisiana, 
2 editions of which have been issued. He also edited "Garland's Code of 
Practice" and contributed to the Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, and 
has written some reviews of German law books for the Journal of 
Criminal Law and Penology, and has attained to a high position in the 
legal profession in New Orleans and Louisiana.  He is now a member of 
the New Orleans public play grounds commission.  He is a member of the 
Louisiana State and American Bar associations and several
other organizations, and at this time chairman of the child labor
commission of Louisiana.  He is a member of the Jewish congregation.  
In 1893 Mr. Wolff was married to Miss Hattie Conn, of New Orleans.  
Three children have been born to their union, these being  Constance 
Esther, Allan Leopold and Justin Volmer.


Source: Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3),
pp. 587-588.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by 
Century Historical Association.