▁was ▁awarded ▁an ▁LL . B . ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁ ▁His ▁career ▁at ▁the ▁bar ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁cl erk ship ▁in ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁By r ne ▁and ▁C ut che on ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁After ▁service ▁as ▁a ▁captain ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁he ▁joined ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁prede cess or ▁fir ms ▁to ▁Mil bank , ▁Twe ed , ▁Had ley ▁& ▁McC loy , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁as ▁a ▁partner ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁Mil bank , ▁Twe ed ▁was ▁the ▁outside ▁legal ▁arm ▁of ▁Ch ase ▁Manh attan ▁Bank ▁and ▁the ▁Rock ef eller ▁family . ▁Twe ed ▁special ized ▁in ▁draft ing ▁will s ▁and ▁trust ▁agre ements , ▁for ▁the ▁admin ister ing ▁of ▁major ▁est ates . ▁He ▁wrote ▁brief s ▁in ▁lit ig ation ▁ar ising ▁out ▁of ▁them ▁and ▁argued , ▁and ▁won , ▁several ▁notable ▁appe als ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁courts ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁Because ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁partially ▁de af , ▁he ▁never ▁tried ▁a ▁case . ▁In ▁con ferences ▁with ▁other ▁law y ers ▁he ▁usually ▁spoke ▁last , ▁and ▁his ▁views ▁generally ▁became ▁the ▁group ' s ▁cons ensus . ▁Im it ating ▁Justice ▁Oliver ▁Wend ell ▁Hol mes , ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁des k ▁in ▁his ▁office , ▁instead ▁writing ▁at ▁a ▁lect ern . ▁ ▁Twe ed ' s ▁appointment ▁as ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁aid ▁committee ▁of ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁the