Sinai, Joseph

Submitted by Mike Miller

Sinai, Joseph, lawyer and resident of New Orleans, was born in that city, May 25, 1875, but in the year of his birth his parents removed to Sharkey county, Miss.., where the first 13 years of his life were spent. He is a son of Julius and Sarah (Goldman) Sinai, both parents being born in Germany, and the father's occupation that of a planter and merchant. Mr. Sinai received his preliminary education in the public schools of Mississippi. He then entered St. Aloysius college at Vicksburg, Miss., from which he was graduated in 1891. Mr. Sinai then became a student in Washington & Lee university, but he was not permitted to obtain a degree on account of trouble with his eyes. His desire was to become a lawyer, and when his eyes became well he took up the study of law in Tulane university, coming to New Orleans in Sept., 1894. He completed his law studies in Tulane, graduating in 1897 with the degree of LL. B. Immediately after, he entered upon the practice of law in New Orleans, where he has continued in his profession with gratifying success, now ranking among the leading members of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana bar associations. He is a member of the State Board of Appraisers, his term of office to expire Dec. 31, 1914. To this position Mr. Sinai was appointed by Gov. Sanders, being appointed from the second congressional district.

Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 398-399. Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.