Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1909-1914, 1921-1937
U.S. Army captain, cavalry and field artillery, 1914-1919
Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1919-1920
City attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1923-1924
Mayor, Riverview, Tennessee, 1925-1929
U.S. Department of Justice, 1933-1939; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1933-1937; assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 1937-1939