James Harry Covington

James Harry Covington (May 3, 1870 – February 4, 1942) was a United States representative from Maryland and chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. He founded the major law firm of Covington & Burling.

Education and career

Born on May 3, 1870, in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, Covington received academic training in the public schools of Talbot County and the Maryland Military and Naval Academy at Oxford. He received a Bachelor of Laws in 1894 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The investigation lasted several weeks and preceded coordinated mass raids by the United States Department of Justice against the IWW on September 5, 1917. Covington & Burling is the oldest law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 1,000 attorneys in offices across the world.

Other service

Covington served as Worthy Grand Master on the Supreme Executive Committee of the Kappa Sigma fraternity from 1892 to 1894.