William T. Laube

William T. Laube was “one of the best-equipped lawyers in Seattle.” Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922, p. 173. He was born in Wisconsin in 1880 and came to the Pacific Northwest with his family as a teen in 1893, settling in Bellingham. He earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in 1902, and his law degree from UW in 1904. In 1915, he became a member of the firm of Trefethen, Grinstead & Laube.
A year later the firm changed its name to Grinstead & Laube. Mr. Laube was active in politics and civic affairs—he served for two years as Assistant Secretary of the Washington State Senate, and then for four years as Secretary of the Senate. He was also a trustee and Secretary of the Seattle Bar Association. Mr. Laube was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta and the Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, the Elks, Shriners, Arctic Club, College Club, Chamber of Commerce and various county, state and national bar associations.
“William T. Laube [was] unquestionably one of the wide awake and most alert members of the Washington bar and represent[ed] a large and representative clientele. A man of pleasing personality and a close student of human nature, he … made and retained friendships as few [could].” Id.