Viewing Hennepin County Bar Memorials Category (180) found:Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2010. At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2009.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2002.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, April 17, 2002, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
George Hoke (1879-1944).With personal savings and a loan from Eighth Circuit Appeals Court Judge Walter Sanborn, George Edward Hoke transferred from the St. Paul College of Law to Harvard Law School, graduating in 1907. He returned to St. Paul and joined How, Butler & Mitchell. A few years later he moved to Minneapolis a... Edward J. Goff (1878-1942).In 1911, at the age of 33, Edward James Goff, enrolled in law school. Upon graduating he was appointed Assistant Hennepin County Attorney and there he remained employed for the rest of his life, the last 12 years as County Attorney. He died on August 18, 1942, at age 64. At memorial services by the... Henry Clay Carlson (1872-1944).A graduate of George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1897, Henry Clay Carlson moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota, where he practiced for about 20 years. In 1919 he moved to Minneapolis where he joined a small firm headed by Henry Fowler. There he practiced another 20 years bef... Frank R. Hubachek (1861-1943).Frank Rudolph Hubacek was consumed by his law practice. He had an enormous capacity for work . . . and work . . . and still more work.
Hale G. Carr (1900-1956).Hale G. Carr graduated from the Minneapolis College of Law in 1941, when he himself was 41. He must have concluded that that particular moment was not a propitious time for him to open his own shop and so he remained employed at the U. S. Postal Service in St. Paul. He died at age 55 on June 6, 195... Maurice A. Hessian, Sr. (1888-1956).A few years after graduating the University of Minnesota Law School. Maurice A. Hessian became a partner in a firm that despite many changes in personnel over the next century still bears his name. He died on March 6, 1956, at age 67. At memorial service for the Hennepin County Bar Association on... Hennepin County Bar Memorials - 2021.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Friday, April 30, 2021, held remotely due to the Pandemic of 2020-21, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Harrison E. Fryberger (1867-1952).Harrison Earl Fryberger specialized in representing minority shareholders in suits against the majority for fraud, misrepresentation and breach of their fiduciary duties. Late in his career he represented employees in litigation over wages against the Federal Cartridge Corporation. He was also a p... Clifford N. Carlson (1907-1939).Clifford N. Carlson graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1931, and began practicing law in Minneapolis. He married and had two children, the last, Patricia Joan, was born four months before his death from polio on September 13, 1939. He was 31 years old. In memorial proceedin... Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1968.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on May 28, 1968, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-six lawyers and one judge:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1977.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on February 24, 1977, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-five lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1978.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on February 15, 1978, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-two lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1979.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 25, 1979, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-six lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials :1980.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 30, 1980, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-two lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1982.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 28, 1982, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-four lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1983.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 27, 1983, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-two lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1984.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 25, 1984, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-eight lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1985.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 24, 1985, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-five lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1986.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 23, 1986, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-seven lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1987.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 22, 1987, the county bar association presented memorials to the following lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1988.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 27, 1988, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1989.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 26, 1989, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-two lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1990.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 25, 1990, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-one lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1991.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 24, 1991, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-nine lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1992.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 22, 1992, the county bar association presented memorials to the following twenty-six lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1993.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 28, 1993, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-one lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1994.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 27, 1994, the county bar association presented memorials to twenty-five lawyers:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 1995.On April 26, 1995, at a special session of the District Court, the Hennepin County Bar Association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2001.On April 18, 2001, at a special session of the District Court, the Hennepin County Bar Association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2003.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 16, 2003, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2004.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 21, 2004, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2005At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 20, 2005, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2006.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on April 26, 2006, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2007.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, May 2, 2007, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2008.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2016.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on May 4, 2016, the county bar association presented memorials to the following forty-nine lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2017.On April 27, 2017, at a special session of the District Court, the Hennepin County Bar Association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2018.On May 2, 2018, at a special session of the District Court, the Hennepin County Bar Association presented memorials to the following:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials: 2019.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on May 1, 2019, the county bar association presented memorials to the following lawyers and judges:
Hennepin County Bar Memorials - 2020.At a special session of the Hennepin County District Court on Friday, January 29, 2021, held remotely due to the Pandemic of 2020-21, the county bar association presented memorials to the following:
Eugene Boris Altschul (1909-1939).Eugene B. Altschul was born in Strassbourg, Germany, in 1909, and emigrated to the United States with his family in the early 1930s. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1938. On December 12, 1939, he died in a freak accident. In memorial proceedi... Alexander T. Ankeny (1837-1917).Alexander Thompson Ankeny was active in civic affairs and politics in Minneapolis from the 1870s to his death in 1917, at age seventy-nine. He also found time to practice law. He was elected to several terms on the school board and acquired a reputation for being an authority on public education. ... Charles J. Bartleson (1844-1913).In 1872 Charles Bartleson, a 28-year-old Civil War veteran and member of the Illinois bar, began practicing law in Minneapolis. He was a member of what may be called the second generation of Minnesota lawyers -- those who arrived about two decades after Minnesota Territory was formed, when it was p... Elijah Barton (1855-1938).Elijah Barton, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1883. He practiced law in Minneapolis for the next fifty-four years. He died on December 27, 1938, at age eighty-three. In memorial services the following year, Harry O. Irwin recalled him:
George M. Bleecker (1861-1936).George Morton Bleecker practiced law in Minneapolis for about forty-seven years. From his admission to the bar in 1887, he concentrated on real estate and probate law, and later included banking and corporate law in his practice. He served one term in the legislature, and many years on the Minneap... Virginia B. Blythe (1877-1954)A graduate of the University of Minnesota School of law, Virginia Blythe was admitted to the bar on June 14, 1912. She became interested in juvenile delinquency and seems to have concentrated her practice in this field. But she led a very active life outside the profession by participating in man... Col. George Bradley (1832-1879).In 1856, at age twenty-three, George Bradley moved from Bangor, Maine, where he practiced law, to Belle Plaine, Minnesota. The next year he was elected to the state House of Representatives, and was appointed President pro tem. at its first session in December 1857.
Aaron L. Brill (1914-1953).A graduate of the University of Minnesota and Harvard Law School, Aaron L. ("Bud") Brill practiced law in Minneapolis from October 5, 1939, when he was admitted to the bar, to death on August 13, 1953. The following year, his friend and law partner, Maurice Grossman, delivered a tribute to him at m... Olof L. Bruce (1875-1958).In 1892, Anna Bruce, a widow, and her five youngest children emigrated from Vermland, Sweden, to Minneapolis, where they rejoined her four oldest children. Among the new arrivals was ambitious, nineteen year old Olof Ludwig Bruce. In the next decade he attended local academies while working as a... Roy Jennings Brumfield (1896-1958).Roy J. Brumfield was a casualty underwriter for many years before his interest in the law was rekindled. He graduated from the Minnesota College of Law in 1931, was admitted to the bar and became an associate of Sweet, Johnson and Sands in Minneapolis. He was made partner of the firm in 1934, and ... Charles A. Bucknam (1849-1940).Charles A. Bucknam practiced law in Minneapolis from 1886 to his death at age ninety-one on February 6, 1940. On February 17th, a memorial was presented to him in Hennepin County District Court. ... John Henry Burwell (1894-1955).After serving three years in the Army during the First World War, John Henry Burwell attended the Minneapolis College of Law, graduating in 1923. He practiced law in Minnesota and Illinois until 1938, when newly-elected Attorney General Joseph A. A. Burnquist hired him as an Assistant Attorney Gene... Wilbur H. Cherry (1887-1950).After graduating Columbia University Law School in 1910, and practicing in New York City two years, Wilbur Harkness Cherry moved to Minneapolis and was admitted to the Minnesota bar on March 20, 1912. He became associated with the firm of Carlton & Carleton which evolved into Fish-Carleton-Cherry & ... Albert C. Cobb (1860-1935).Albert Clifford Cobb was a titan in the corporate bar of Minnesota from the 1890s to his death on December 5, 1935, at age seventy-five. In memorial proceedings the following year for the Hennepin County Bar Association, his partner, Raymond A. Scallen remarked:
William T. Coe (1870-1950).William Tatnal Coe graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1894 and the University Law School in 1896. He practiced law in Minneapolis from his admission to the bar in 1896 to his retirement in 1949. He served one term in the Minnesota Legislature and several months as an officer in the 15th ... Andrew G. Cooper (1894-1956).Andrew G. Cooper practiced law in Minneapolis from June 1926, when he was admitted to the bar, to October 1953, when he retired. He was a general practitioner who was very active in the Farmer-Labor Party in the 1930s. He was a partner of Thomas E. Latimer and served as the latter's secretary afte... Robert Cowling (1891-1953).After graduating Carleton College in 1911, Robert Cowling followed the well-worn path of many future lawyers --- he became a teacher. He taught in schools in South Dakota and Minnesota for six years. But the law beckoned. While teaching in Minneapolis, he attended the St. Paul College of Law, grad... Atwood Cranston (1906-1957).After graduating the University of Minnesota Law School in 1928, Atwood Cranston practiced for several years in Montana before moving back to Minnesota. He had a general practice until 1942 when he became employed in a federal agency in Washington, D. C., soon becoming Special Assistant Attorney G... John C. Crowley, Jr. (1902-1947).Although John Christopher Crowley, Jr., was stricken with polio at age nine, he had a "cheerfulness and bounding enthusiasm" for life that awed his friends. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, he was admitted to the bar on October 11, 1928, and practiced probate law in Minneapolis ... John F. Dahl (1870-1938).John Dahl was admitted to the bar after graduating the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1892. After a year studying music in Europe with his wife, he returned to Minneapolis and was appointed court reporter for Seagrave Smith of the Hennepin County District Court. Upon Smith's death in Ma... Andrew Olaf Devold (1881-1939).Andrew Devold was admitted to the Minnesota bar on June 2, 1917, at age thirty-five. At that time, he was serving his second term in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In 1918, he was elected to the state Senate where he served, with the exception of one term (1927-1931), until his death on Dec... Ralph Earle Dickman (1908-1948).While attending the University of Minnesota in the 1930s Ralph Dickman worked at the Wells Memorial Settlement House in Minneapolis. He graduated the University of Minnesota Law School in 1935 and was admitted to the bar on May 5, 1936. But he did not practice law; instead he decided to devote his ... Joseph L. Dobbin (1845-1904).A civil war veteran and University of Michigan Law School graduate, Joseph L. Dobbin moved to Minneapolis in 1883, opened a law office and immersed himself in Republican politics. He joined several "secret" fraternal societies in the city, and was active in organizations of Civil War veterans. ... Fred B. Dodge (1853-1935).In a memorial proceeding honoring Fred Dodge on Saturday, February 8, 1936, at a Special term of the Hennepin County District Court, Ralph Whelan began his tribute with an observation that applies to all lawyers:
Willis Edward Dodge (1857-1911).Willis E. Dodge was a railroad lawyer for most of his professional career. He represented various roads from 1884, when he began working for the Northern Pacific, to 1907, when he resigned as general counsel for the Great Northern. He then formed his own firm, Dodge & Tautges, in Minneapolis. He d... Charles Adolph Eck (1882-1937).Charles Adolph Eck was thirty-five years old and newly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Law when he was admitted to the bar in June 1918. By that time he had years of experience in the printing trade, grocery business and as a law clerk. He became a deputy clerk of the Minneapolis Municip... Maurice V. Evans (1877-1938).Maurice V. Evans was born and educated in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated the University of Minnesota Law Department in 1905, and was admitted to the bar on June 2nd of that year. He was employed by a collections agency before opening his own firm in Minneapolis. He was quiet, serious, percepti... Robert G. Evans (1854-1901).Robert Grenap Evans died at age forty-seven of a heart attack on Sunday morning, August 25, 1901. The Minneapolis Journal published a lengthy obituary that covered almost two pages of its edition the next day. It quoted lawyers, judges and politicians about Evans' character, reputation and tireless ... Robert Fawell (1889-1937).Robert Fawell's family immigrated to the United States from England in 1889 when he was two years old. He graduated the University of South Dakota Law School in 1925, practiced there awhile and moved to Minneapolis in 1931. He made friends quickly and impressed them with his love of the law and re... Victor L. Fixen (1886-1956).Victor Fixen was awarded a degree in mine engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1911, and a LL.B. from the University Law School in 1918. He was a lecturer at the University's Institute of Technology for about twenty-five years. He seems to have used his knowledge of the law to further hi... Joseph C. Flahavan (1889-1953).Joseph Flahavan worked his way through Northwestern College of Law, graduated and was admitted to the bar on June 14, 1915. He then found a position in the credit department at Dayton's Department Store, and this in turn put him in contact with Art Rotering, who owned Commercial Services Company, a... James Fleming (1895-1935).For over a year, James Fleming served in the Great War as Chief Clerk of the Appeal Draft Board of the Third District of Minnesota. After the armistice, he "read law" in the firm of James E. O'Brien, a Minneapolis lawyer. He was admitted to practice on September 2, 1922, at age twenty-seven. In th... Clark R. Fletcher (1885-1943).During his thirty years of practice in Minneapolis, Clark Robinson Fletcher earned a reputation for an "almost genius for handling complicated" commercial litigation, especially accounting or trust suits. He died on January 20, 1943, at age fifty-seven. In memorial proceedings in Hennepin County Di... Irving O. Fosseen (1882-1943).Irving Otis Fosseen came late to the law. A stalwart of the Republican Party in Minneapolis --and a champion of President Theodore Roosevelt--he was a long-time employee of Hennepin County. He attended and graduated the Minnesota College of Law and was admitted of the bar in 1927, at age forty-fi... William Furst (1872-1939).At the age of thirty, William Hurst earned the first of three law degrees from the University of Minnesota Law Department. He was admitted to the bar on June 2, 1902, and began practicing in Minneapolis. He won immediate success in the courts and, with a growing reputation, attracted a large corpo... Owen A. Galvin (1894-1956).Owen A. Galvin was injured during his service with the Fifth Marines in The Great War. After his discharge, he attended the University of Minnesota Law School and was admitted to the bar on July 1, 1926. Thereafter he devoted much of his time and practice to aiding his former comrades. He died ... William W. Gibson (1883-1957).William W. Gibson was a visionary as well as a practicing lawyer in Minneapolis for over forty years. After entering practice in 1917, he became active in the county and state bar associations. Over the years he saw that the public's perception of the legal profession was dismal and he set out to ... Henry J. Gjertsen (1861-1911).Emigrants from Norway, the family of seven year old Henry J. Gjertsen settled on a farm near Minneapolis. After preparing for the ministry for three years, he began studying law and was admitted to the bar in 1884 at age twenty-three. Besides building a large practice in Minneapolis, he was active... Charles E. Goldblum (1873-1942).After graduating the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1896 Charles E. Goldblum practiced for several years in Minneapolis and Chicago. In 1909 he accepted an offer from Hennepin County Attorney James Robertson to be an Assistant County Attorney. He served in this position until death at a... John A. Goldie (1878-1958).John A. Goldie graduated from the Minneapolis College of Law in 1926 and soon thereafter began practicing labor law. After he died on March 2, 1958, Samuel I. Sigal, his associate for over two decades, recalled his impact on the development of labor law in a tribute to him at the annual memorial ... Martin W. Goldsworthy (1889-1956).A graduate of the University of Kansas Law School in 1914, Martin Goldsworthy returned to Michigan, his home state, and practiced law until 1921, when he moved to Minneapolis to work for the U. S. Veterans Bureau at the University of Minnesota. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1922. He was e... Ezra J. Grover (1871-1935).After graduating the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1896, and being admitted to the bar, Ezra Joseph Grover began practicing law in East Grand Forks. But he was restless. He closed his practice, traveled and worked in Western states, then returned to Minneapolis, where he practiced for ... Clyde C. Gruetzmacher (1903-1947).After graduating in 1925 from the University of Minnesota Law School where he was on the staff of the Law Review, Clyde Gruetzmacher became an associate with the Kingman Cross law firm in Minneapolis. After about four years, he moved to Chicago and practiced in his own firm until 1938, when he retu... George T. Halbert (1864-1943).George T. Halbert settled in Minneapolis in the late 1880s, read law under Alexander T. Ankeny, and was admitted to the bar on June 8, 1887, at the age of twenty-two. He practiced in Minneapolis for most of the next fifty years, concentrating on real estate and insurance law. He died on April 11, 1... Anthony E. Harroun (1890-1956).During his thirty-seven years practicing law in Minneapolis, Anthony Harroun represented many plumbers and, as a consequence, developed a specialty in mechanics lien law. He died on October 14, 1956, at age sixty-six. Sometime later, his son delivered a memorial for him as part of the annual memori... Lars O. Haug (1864-1938).The remarkable life of Lars Haug---a classic immigrant story that led from a village in Norway, where as a teenager he was a farm hand earning $4 and "keeps" a year, to Minneapolis where he practiced law and was an officer in the Sons of Norway---was celebrated in a memorial delivered by the Minnea... Edward Welles Hawley (1867-1952).Edward Hawley was as close to the proverbial "Renaissance man" to ever serve on the Minneapolis City Council. An alderman for sixteen years, he was a polyglot, poet, student of literature, athlete and public lecturer who reportedly "was prepared on ten minutes notice to delver an hour's lecture on ... Walter H. Hennessey (1885-1936).Like many lawyers before and since, Walter Hennessey worked his way through law school. He was a railroad engineer before he was admitted to the University's night law school in 1909. For the next three years, he worked days as a bookkeeper for the telephone company while attending law school at n... Edward P. Hilton (1850-1935).Shortly after he was admitted to the New York bar in the late 1870s, Edward Hilton and his wife headed west. They lived in Granite Falls, Minnesota for a few years, then Topeka, Kansas from the early 80s to the turn of the century, next stop, Chicago for five years, and finally Minneapolis where he... William Hodson (1891-1943).An honors graduate of the University of Minnesota in 1913, William W. Hodson took his law degree at Harvard and was admitted to the Minnesota bar on March 30, 1917. But he did not practice law, instead he dedicated his life to public service. He served as counsel to the Minneapolis Legal Aid Soci... Adolf E. Hoitomt (1895-1958).Adolf Eskild Hoitomt, a World War I veteran, graduated the University of Minnesota Law School in 1920. Admitted to the bar that year, he practiced law in Minneapolis until 1931, when he joined the Minnesota Rural Credit Department. It was the beginning of a long and fruitful career in state govern... Louis A. Hubachek (1872-1956).Upon graduating the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1901, Louis Hubachek was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law in Minneapolis. He built a lucrative practice that ranged from litigation to probate. He retired in 1947, and died on December 20, 1956, at age eighty-four. In memori... Charles H. Hubbell (1863-1937).Charles Herbert Hubbell was a modest and sometimes infirm link in family histories that have been traced to the Goths in the 800s.
Lindahl O. Johnson (1889-1952).After graduating the University of Minnesota Law School in 1911, Lindahl O. Johnson returned to Montana, where he was raised. There he practiced law, married, was elected to the state legislature, and worked as an Assistant Attorney General. In 1919 he moved to California, and was admitted to that ... Arthur L. Jones (1870-1937).An 1894 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Arthur Lincoln Jones practiced law in Wisconsin for several years; he then moved to Minneapolis and was admitted to the bar on February 14, 1898. After service in the Spanish-American War, he practiced in Minneapolis until 1902 when he beca... Michael A. Jordan (1871-1937).Michael Alfred Jordan, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, graduated the University of Michigan Law School in 1902 and, after receiving his M.L. from the University of Minnesota Law School, was admitted to the Minnesota bar on February 25, 1905. Thereafter he maintained a large, general practice ... Judge William A. Kerr (1867-1919).When he was twenty-one, William Kerr moved to Minneapolis from New Brunswick, Canada, where he had read law and been admitted to the bar. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1889 and joined a prominent law firm. He must have moved easily in legal and political circles because less than six yea... Napoleon A. L'Herault 1882-1936).While working days at the U. S. Postal Service, Napoleon L'Herault took night classes at the University of Minnesota Law Department. He graduated in 1907, at age twenty-five, and three years later opened his own shop in north east Minneapolis. Three years later he ran with the endorsement of the D... Gary A. Weissman: "A Tribute to Judge Earl Larson" (2001)Earl R. Larson served as United States District Court Judge from 1961 to 2001, when he died at age ninety. This tribute by Gary Weissman appeared first in the December 2001 issue of "The Hennepin Lawyer." ... Charles G. Laybourn (1851-1919).A member of the Iowa bar, Charles Guy Laybourn arrived in Minneapolis in 1885 and resumed practice, concentrating on commercial cases. He became the attorney for several fraternal benefit associations and developed a subspecialty in life insurance claims. He also became active in Republican politic... Samuel J. Levy (1881-1958).A graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Law in 1901, twenty-year-old Samuel Julian Levy had to wait a year to be admitted to the bar. He soon became one of the earliest labor lawyers in the state, representing management. In the 1930s he represented The Citizen's Alliance and became... Samuel Kirkpatrick McCaughan (1895-1958).In May 1917, one month after the United States entered World War I, Samuel K. McCaughan, an Irish emigrant who was not yet a citizen, enlisted in the United States Navy. He served three years, and was discharged. He became a citizen, enrolled in the Minnesota College of Law, graduated, and was adm... George D. McClintock (1893-1953).After graduating the University of North Dakota Law School in 1916, George McClintock practiced law in that state and Idaho for twelve years. In 1928 he moved to Minneapolis and joined a firm later known as Faegre & Benson. There he practiced until his final illness. In memorial proceedings for t... Robert J. McDonald (1896-1947).Robert McDonald, a prominent plaintiffs' personal injury lawyer in Minneapolis in the 1930s and 1940s, died on July 5, 1947, at age fifty-one. In a memorial for the Hennepin County Bar Association on February 28, 1948, William H. DeParcq, a former law partner, recalled the attributes that contribut... William W. McNair (1836-1885).William Woodbridge McNair was a trial lawyer, civic promoter and businessman in Minneapolis from the territorial era to his death at age forty-nine on September 15, 1885. He was a member of three well-known firms: Wilson & McNair, the former being Eugene M. Wilson; Lochren & McNair, the former be... John J. Martyn (1858-1935).John J. Martyn died on August 18, 1935 in Minneapolis of a heart attack. He was around seventy-eight years old. He was not married. He lived and died alone. It seems he left no surviving family. His colleagues in the bar, clients and acquaintances died decades ago. But he was the subject of a memor... Frank I. Mason (1862-1939).Frank Issac Mason was admitted to the Minnesota bar on December 2, 1895, at age thirty-three. He set up shop in Minneapolis and had a general practice until 1928, when he moved to Pine City for three years. In the early 1930s he began to lose his eyesight; surgeries were unsuccessful, and he was fo... Frederick Mason Miner (1854-1940).Frederick M. Miner was raised on a farm in Wisconsin. His formal schooling ended at the Fourth Reader, but he craved learning. At the age of twenty, he left the farm to read law in an office in Eau Claire. He was admitted to the bar and practiced there until 1909, when he moved to Minneapolis, wh... James Condit Melville (1875-1949).James Condit Melville, a 1902 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, served in the U. S. Army during the Boxer Rebellion in China in the mid-1890s, as captain during World War I, later in the National Guard. He practiced law in Minneapolis from 1908 to retirement in 1946, specializing ... Simon Meyers (1862-1952).Simon Meyers was admitted to the bars of New York and Minnesota in 1883, at age twenty-one. He practiced law with associates or solo in Minneapolis for the next sixty-nine years. He died at age ninety on August 12, 1952, two days after finishing his last brief. In an affectionate tribute at memoria... Ernest A. Michel (1887-1947).Ernest Adolph Michel practiced law with Thomas E. Davis in Marshall, Minnesota, from 1908 to 1919, when the firm relocated to Minneapolis. There they practiced until Michel's death on August 4, 1947. In memorial services for the Hennepin County Bar Association the following year, Davis recalled hi... Julius E. Miner (1849-1938).Julius Elliott Miner graduated in the third class of the University of Minnesota and was awarded the first Phi Beta Kappa key. He practiced law for decades in Minneapolis. In memorial services after his death on January 4, 1938, at age eighty-eight, he was recalled as a "capable lawyer and both i... Martin M. Monaghan (1876-1950).Martin Michael Monaghan, a graduate of Georgetown Law School, practiced law in Minneapolis from 1902 to death at age seventy-four in 1950. He was a respected trial lawyer who was unafraid to take on "borderline" cases--that is, on the frontier, where there was little precedent to guide counsel and ... Darius F. Morgan (1854-1903).In 1878, a year after he was admitted to the bar, Darius Morgan became the associate of John A. Lovely, a future supreme court justice, in Albert Lea. He practiced law with Lovely and his younger brother, Henry A. Morgan, for more than a decade. Seeking greater professional opportunities, he move... W. Paul Moorhead (1870-1956).From his admission to the bar of Minnesota on June 3, 1898, as a member of the University of Minnesota Law School's class of 1898, until his retirement in 1945, William Paul Moorhead was associated with John Crosby, a Minneapolis lawyer, handled legal work for the Washburn-Crosby Company and oversaw... Robert G. Morrison (1860-1942).Robert George Morrison practiced law in Minneapolis from 1887 to 1941, when he retired. Except for two years, he practiced by himself. He was devoted to his clients, and they to him. He died on October 16, 1942, at age eighty-two. In memorial services for the Hennepin County Bar Association the ... Thomas B. Mouer (1887-1938).Thomas Blair Mouer was the Superintendent of Schools in Benton and Granite Falls, Minnesota from 1911 to 1920, when he heeded the call of the law. He spent a year at the University of Chicago Law School and then transferred to the University of Minnesota Law School from which he graduated in 1923. ... Thomas C. Myers (1890-1948).Thomas Corwin Myers was admitted to the Minnesota bar on June 16, 1921. He practiced in Minneapolis for five years, and later worked for a while in Chicago where he was admitted to the Illinois bar. In 1934 he returned to Minneapolis and established a specialty in real property law. After his death ... Edward Nelson (1877-1954).Though he won four successive elections for Register of Deeds of Kittson County, Edward Nelson had a consuming ambition---he wanted to be a lawyer. In 1909, after studying law for a decade, usually on his own, he passed the state bar examination, was admitted to the bar and opened shop in Hallock, t... Axel Newdahl (1875-1935).Axel Newdahl died on January 13, 1935, at age fifty-nine. In memorial services for the county bar association on February 8, 1936, he was recalled as "an able, hard-working, conscientious lawyer who bore a good reputation and was well esteem by those who know him." ... Chester Laroy Nichols (1886-1957).After graduating from high school, Chester Laroy Nichols entered the University of Minnesota College of Law, and upon graduation was admitted to the Minnesota bar on June 10, 1910. Except for service in the army during World War One, he practiced law in Minneapolis. From 1919 to 1934 he was associ... Samuel N. Nichols (1862-1938).Samuel Norman Nichols was born in Oslo, Norway in 1862; his family emigrated to Minnesota five years later. When his father suffered a debilitating stroke, young Sam and his brother assumed the responsibility of supporting their family. He never graduated from high school but managed to attend night... John A. Nordin (1871-1939).John Nordin emigrated from Sweden in 1890 while still a teenager. He learned stone cutting and his earnings from that trade financed his way through the University of Minnesota Law Department. He graduated in 1898, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Minneapolis for the next four decades. He... Frank E. Norton (1879-1937).Frank Egbert Norton, a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, was admitted to the bar on June 12, 1908. He then formed a partnership with his brother, Willis I. Norton, and they practiced together until May 5, 1937, when he died at age fifty-eight. In memorial proceedings for the Henne... Willis Irving Norton (1880-1957).Willis Norton graduated the University of Minnesota Law School in 1906, was admitted to the bar and began practicing with his brother Frank in a partnership that lasted until the latter's death in 1937. In 1912, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and quickly became a force in s... Bernard A. Ober (1881-1947).Bernard A. Ober, a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, practiced law in Duluth with several lawyers, later in Minneapolis with Henry A. Cousineau. In 1923 he contributed to the editing of a new edition of the state's general statutes. He died on January 14, 1947, at age sixty-five. ... James E. O'Brien (1870-1947).Admitted to the Minnesota bar in June 1895, James E. O'Brien practiced law in Minneapolis for the next half century. He died on May 19, 1947 at age seventy-seven. In a memorial to him the following year for the Hennepin County Bar Association, Kimball B. Devoy recalled his friend with admiration: ... John Nathaniel Ohman (1884-1937).John Nathaniel Ohman, born in Sweden in 1884, immigrated to America several years later, and was raised and educated in Glenwood City, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1909 and was admitted to the Minnesota bar that year. He thereupon began practicing with Lo... Clarence Jay Paul (1857-1937).Admitted to the Michigan bar at age twenty-one, Clarence Paul practiced law in Battle Creek, his hometown, for about four years. In 1882, he and his family moved to Hope, North Dakota, where he resumed practice, held public office and engaged in numerous civic affairs until 1893, when he accepted a... Thomas Peebles (1857-1938).The law attracted Thomas Peebles but could not confine his many interests and boundless energy. Born in Ireland, he arrived in America at age thirteen; he worked his way through Princeton University, graduating in 1882; he then taught philosophy at the University of Minnesota for five years while h... Joseph Bayer Pinger (1903-1956).A graduate of the Minnesota College of Law, Joseph B. Pinger practiced law in Minneapolis from 1933 to death on December 12, 1956, at age fifty-three. In memorial services for the Hennepin County Bar Association the following year, a colleague recalled:
Ray Earl Plankerton (1878-1935).During his many years in the business world, Ray Plankerton developed an ambition to become a practicing lawyer. He attended the University of Minnesota Law School, graduated in 1910, and set up shop in the Palace Building in Minneapolis. There he practiced until death on December 11, 1935, at age... Donald Lane Pomeroy (1893-1943).Less than a year after being admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1916, Donald Lane Pomeroy enlisted in the Army and served until July 1919. Returning to civilian life, he began private practice in association with several Minneapolis lawyers. In 1926, he became Deputy Commissioner of Securities for th... John M. Quinlivan (1892-1943).John M. Quinlivan never forgot his service in World War I. In 1925, at age thirty-three, he was admitted to the Minnesota bar, and began work at the Veterans Administration. Except for three years in the Attorney General's Office and one year in private practice, he was employed in the Veterans Ad... Wilfred A. Quinlivan (1898-1938).Wilfred A. Quinlivan quit college to serve in the Navy during World War I. After discharge, he attended the St. Paul College of Law, graduating in 1924 at age twenty-six. For the next fourteen years, he practiced law and raised his family. He died suddenly in early February 1938. In a eulogy a... Albert Preston Reed (1893-1955).Albert Preston Reed was born on September 22, 1883, in Minneapolis. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1906, and practiced with his father, Louis Albert Reed, a prominent Minneapolis lawyer who had served one term as Hennepin County Attorney. After spending several years in Oregon, he return... Carl O. Reinholdson (1898-1957).A graduate of the St. Paul College of Law, Carl Reinholdson was admitted to the bar on September 7, 1926. Over the next several decades he held positions at various companies that permitted him to develop an expertise in tax law. In June 1953, he opened his own shop in the Northwestern Bank Buildi... Florence M. Ridgway (1883-1952).Florence Ridgway's father and two uncles were doctors and a third a dentist. Following family tradition, she decided to become a doctor. She graduated the Hamline University Medical School with degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1906, and joined her father in his medical practic... August V. Rieke (1865-1944).August Victor Rieke was born at the end of the Civil War and died during World War Two. Raised on his father's farm in Renville County, he worked in several agricultural businesses before turning at age twenty-eight to the law. Admitted to the bar he was elected as a Republican to two terms as Renv... Loren Risk (1875-1956).A graduate of the University of Iowa Law College, Loren Risk practiced law in Iowa for a dozen years before moving to Minneapolis in 1916. For the next fifty years, he maintained a law office in the Plymouth Building. He died on December 17, 1956, at age eighty-one. The following year, the Hennepi... Harlan P. Roberts (1854-1925).For forty years Harlan Page Roberts practiced law in Minneapolis. His firm, Roberts & Strong, specialized in real estate and corporate law and accumulated an enviable roster of corporate clients. He was also active in the affairs of the community, serving as President of the Humane Society, a membe... James Robertson (1869-1942).On the afternoon of September 29, 1912, employees of six milk companies met in a room in the Lumber Exchange Building in Minneapolis to raise the prices of milk and cream in the city. Sometime before that, James Robertson, the Hennepin County Attorney, learned the purpose and place of the meeting, a... William Francis Rogers (1861-1943).William Francis Roger was admitted to practice in Minnesota in 1890. In 1898, he enlisted in the Army and served in Cuba during the Spanish American War. After his discharge in 1899, he resumed practicing law in Minneapolis. He died on October 13, 1943, ten days shy of his eighty-second year. In a ... Amos C. Sardeson (1863-1944).Although Amos Cornelius Sardeson graduated the Law Department of the University of Minnesota in 1896, he practiced law only intermittently thereafter. He engaged in business in Minneapolis, became a musician, taught foreign languages at the University, and relished exchanging ideas with friends. ... Virgil J. Schabel (1912-1953).A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Virgil Schabel practiced law in Northeast Minneapolis from 1937 to his death sixteen years later. He developed an expertise in real estate law, served as Justice of the Peace for years, and was active in neighborhood civic and commercial organiz... Herbert F. Schoening (1892-1938).After graduating the University of Chicago Law School in 1916, Herbert F. Schoening was admitted to the bars of Minnesota and North Dakota. He then served in the U. S. Army during the World War. After discharge, he practiced in Minneapolis, specialized in commercial law and "built up an enviable r... Harry Scott (1886-1957).Harry Scott received his undergraduate schooling at Howard University, graduating in 1911. He then attended at the University of Buffalo Law School, graduating with a law degree in 1916. The next year he came to Minneapolis, enrolled in the Minneapolis College of Law, and received a law degree in ... John J. Segall (1896-1957).After service in the Navy in World War One, John Jacob Segall completed his legal education at the Minnesota College of Law. He was admitted to the bar on April 1, 1921, opened his own office and practiced law in Minneapolis for the next thirty-six years. He died on December 2, 1957, aged sixty-o... John F. Shaughnessy (1889-1957).In the nineteenth century, many lawyers taught school before they read law; in the twentieth, many law students worked as salesmen while attending law school. This was the path that John Shaughnessy took. Unable to afford college after graduating East High School in Minneapolis in 1908, he joined ... Frank W. Shaw (1857-1933).During his half century practicing law in Minneapolis, Frank Shaw counted several of the bar's elite as his partners: Stanley H. Kitchel, Emanuel Cohen and John B. Atwater, among others. Early in his career he practiced with John G. Woolley, who was the Prohibition Party candidate for President in 1... Ellis Sherman (1902-1957).After graduating the University of Minnesota Law School in 1928, Ellis Sherman chose the field of insurance for his profession. He became an expert on pension planning and estate analysis, was active in the Minnesota Association of Life Underwriters, many civic organizations and his church. He died ... Rufus Augustine Skinner (1885-1953).Rufus A. Skinner, a native of French Guiana, graduated the Northwestern College of Law in Minneapolis in 1915, and was admitted to the Minnesota bar the following year. He then moved with his family to Chicago, and was admitted to the Illinois bar. In 1937, the family returned to Minneapolis. It m... Charles Veach Smith (1872-1958).A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School in 1900, Charles V. Smith served in the trust department of the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company that eventually became the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis (and later Norwest Bank, and now Wells Fargo) from 1906 to his retirement in 1943... Jay W. Smith (1892-1955).Shortly after the United States entered World War One, Jay Smith enlisted in the Army and was assigned to an ambulance corps attached to the French army. He performed heroically and was awarded a citation for bravery by Marshall Petain for his evacuation of wounded, under heavy bombardment, during ... Stelle Samuel Smith (1875-1952).After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School, Stelle Smith practiced law in Worthington for over twenty years. In 1921 he moved to Minneapolis where he continued to practice and pursue business interests until his death in May 1952, at age seventy-six.
Louis Solem (1879 -1953).Louis Solem practiced law in Minneapolis for a half century---from June 6, 1902, when he was admitted to the bar, to July 1, 1953, when he died at age seventy-four. On May 1, 1954, a memorial was delivered for him by his brother, also a lawyer, at memorial proceedings of the Hennepin County Bar Asso... Richard Francis Spurck (1896-1952).In 1926, after graduating the Northwestern College of Law, thirty-year-old Richard F. Spurck opened his own shop in the Plymouth Building in Minneapolis. In 1934, he joined the Minnesota Division of Social Welfare, became an expert on "poor relief laws" and compiled a reference book on this legisla... Milo Freling Stevens (1893-1944).After graduating the Minnesota College of Law in 1923, Milo F. Stevens was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Stevens & Stevens, the family firm in Minneapolis. He worked hard, kept his clients out of court and brooked no criticism of the bar and bench. Other lawyers considered him "a grea... Alfred A. Stoll (1910-1958).Alfred A. Stoll, a graduate of Harvard law School, practiced law in Minneapolis from 1933 to his death on March 29, 1958, at age forty-seven. At memorial proceedings in Hennepin County District Court a few weeks later, Robert F. Hanson, a member of Stoll's firm, recalled his mastery of the field of... Edwin L. Strand (1893-1944).Edwin L. Strand was thirty-four years old when he graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School. He then joined one of the elite firms in Minneapolis: Kingman, Cross, Morley, Cant & Taylor. He worked there until his death at age fifty on May 18, 1944. In memorial proceedings for the Hennepi... George W. Strong (1875-1944).A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School, Class of 1898, George W. Strong concentrated his practice in real estate law. In 1913 he became the partner of Harlan P. Roberts, a well-known expert in real estate titles and probate law. After Roberts' death in 1925, Strong formed several par... Abner J. Swanson (1904-1955).A graduate of the St. Paul College of Law in 1926, Abner J. Swanson was a "government lawyer" for a quarter century. He served in the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department for fifteen years. After a year in private practice, he became counsel to the War Assets Administration, later the Reco... Albert F. Then (1906-1952).A graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School in 1933, Albert F. Then served in four federal agencies during the Depression and War years. Later he started his own retail business in south Minneapolis. He died on November 25, 1952, at age forty-six. In memorial proceedings for the Hennepin C... Gates A. Timerman (1893-1939).After serving with the Army of Occupation in Germany in World War I, Gates Timerman returned to Minnesota, resumed his studies at the University of Minnesota, and graduated with a law degree in 1921. After practicing a while in St. Paul, he relocated to Minneapolis, where he practiced with several ... Charles J. Tryon (1859-1934).Charles John Tryon moved to Minneapolis in 1886, holding law degrees from the National University Law School and Columbian College, both in Washington, D.C. After clerking a year, he became employed by the Minnesota Title Insurance and Trust Company, where he developed expertise in real estate, tit... John E. Utley (1890-1956).After graduating from the St. Paul College of Law in 1914, John E. Utley practiced commercial law in Minneapolis for the next forty-one years. He was a sole practitioner, who was very active in Masonic fraternities. He died on January 1, 1956, aged sixty-five. In memorial proceedings for the Henne... Jesse Van Valkenburg (1868-1949).The first member of many generations of his family to practice law in Minnesota, Jesse Van Valkenburg died on October 27, 1949, in Minneapolis. In an eloquent eulogy delivered at memorial proceedings of the Hennepin County Bar Association the following year, Daniel F. Foley traced his life from his... Henry W. Volk (1873-1958).In 1904, at the age of 31, Henry W. Volk graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School. After seven years practicing law in Mankato, he relocated to Minneapolis where he practiced for the next 39 years. He died on March 31, 1958, at age 85. In memorial services for the Hennepin County Bar ... Frederick P. Warber (1891-1955).In 1917, three years after he was admitted to the bar, Frederick P. Warber interrupted his fledging law business to enlist in the U. S. Army. After the end of the war, he worked several years for a medical services corporation and then reestablished his practice in Minneapolis. He and Robert H. Petz... Cecil E. Warner (1880-1952).Cecil Elisha Warner---known to his friends as "Charlie"---earned four degrees from the University of Minnesota: a Bachelor's Degree, a Masters, a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws. He began practice in 1907 in Ohio, but soon returned to Minnesota where he engaged in corporate work, and then had ... Abbott McConnell Washburn (1887-1939).After graduating the University of Minnesota Law School in 1911, Abbott McConnell Washburn---known to friends as "Mac"---joined his father's firm, Washburn, Bailey & Mitchell, in Duluth. Except for service in the Army during the World War, he was a member of that firm until 1930 when he moved to Mi... William W. Watson (1911-1944).Born in China in 1911, educated in Northfield High School, a graduate of Carleton College and Harvard Law School, William Wallace Watson was admitted to the Minnesota bar on January 7, 1937, and joined the Stinchfield firm in Minneapolis. There he worked until 1940, when he became an Assistant Att... Walter J. Welch (1891-1953).Walter J. Welch practiced personal injury law in Minneapolis from 1926, when he was admitted to the bar, to death in 1953. He was a renowned specialist in one particular area of tort law: the Federal Employers' Liability Act. In memorial proceedings after his death his colleagues recalled:
Harry Earl Wheeler (1885-1942).After graduating the University of Minnesota Law School in 1907, Harry Earl Wheeler held positions in local banks, a building company, a mortgage company and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. With this wide range of experience, he then entered private practice in Minneapolis. He died on Octobe... John O. P. Wheelwright (1861-1927).John Oliver Patten Wheelwright was a prominent corporate lawyer in Minneapolis from the 1890s to his death at age sixty-six on November 1, 1927. His firm, Cobb & Wheelwright, had a large corporate clientele. Besides his law practice, he was a philanthropist and was one of the founders and former pre... Eugene M. Wilson (1833-1890).Eugene McLanahan Wilson was a Civil War veteran who served in Congress from 1869 to 1871, two terms as mayor of Minneapolis, 1873 to 1877, and as state senator in 1879-1880. He was a member of the Minneapolis Park Commission, and a prominent Democrat.
Judge Charles H. Woods (1836-1899).Charles Henry Woods, a twenty-nine year old lawyer and Civil War veteran, moved to Minneapolis in July 1866. The next year he was elected City Justice, another name for Justice of the Peace, and was known thereafter as "Judge." During the next three decades, he became a leader of the local bar and... |