Wolff, Solomon

Submitted by Mike Miller

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.