Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 51.

THEO B. BRUENER, of Aberdeen, is one of the best qualified lawyers in the
state, and one of the leaders of the bar.  Mr. Bruener was born in Minnesota
in 1884.  He attended St. John's College, from which he graduated in 1901 with
the A. B. degree, and then the University of Michigan, from which he graduated
in 1908 with the LL. B. degree, following which he located in Tacoma, where he
was admitted to the bar.  He practiced in that city for six months, and then
settled in Aberdeen, where he established a partnership, in 1910, with J. B.
Bridges, now on the Supreme bench.  The firm of Bridges & Bruener was
dissolved when Judge Bridges went on the bench.  Mr. Bruener represents as
counsel many large commercial interests in Washington, and is a lawyer who
stands high smong his colleagues.  His practice is of a general character, his
clientele being a large and representative one.  His family consists of a wife
whose maiden name was Sidney B. Burleigh, and one daughter three years of age.
He is a member of the chamber of commerce, Grays Harbor country club, American
Legion, and the county and state bar associations.  When war was declared Mr.
Bruener enlisted in the navy as an apprenticed seaman, and after a course of
training was commissioned an ensign.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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