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Cherokee's First
Law Firm



History of Legal Profession in Cherokee County



Thomas McCulla Pioneer Attorney



Young Lawyer
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Legal Professions 

Early Day General Practice Lawyers

HERRICK & HERRICK
    General practice, Firm consists of: Ernest C. Herrick, William K Herrick
    Ernest Clarence Herrick b. Linden, Vt.  Aug. 19, 1848; a. to bar, 1875, la.; legal ed. Mich. Univ., B. L. Pres. Cherokee Co. Bar Assn.
    William Karl Herrick b. Cherokee, Ia., June 22, 1878; a. to bar 1904 la.; ed Lake Forest College 1897-8; grad. Univ. of Wis., Civic Historic Course, 1900; legal ed. Univ. of Ia. B. L. Mem. Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Phi fraternities; Cherokee Co. Bar Assn.
    Attorneys for Cherokee State Bank; Farmers Nat'l Bank, Aurelia, la.; First Nat'l Bank Peterson; Washta State Bank, Washta, la.; New State Telephone Co., Sioux City, la.

Molyneux & Maher
    General practice. Firm consists of: A. R. Moylneux,  C. J. Maher.
     A. R. Molyneux b. Sullivan Co., Pa., Apr. 19, 1856; a. to bar 1881, Ia.; ed. State Normal Sch., Cedar Falls; legal ed. Iowa Univ., LL.B., 1881. Co. Atty., 1887-1891.
    Charles J. Maher, b. Ft Dodge, Ia., July 28, 1882; a. to bar, 1907, Mich., la.; ed. Notre Dame, South Ben, Ind.; legal ed. Univ. of Mich. LL.B. 1907. Co. Atty. Cherokee Co., 1913 1915. Mem. Delta Chi fraternity.
 Attorneys for: First National Bank; Cherokee State Bank; Cherokee Co. State Bank, Meriden; W. L. Gund, Marcus. Local attys., Ill. Central Ry.
Source: Google Books: The American Bar - A Biographical Directory of Contemporary Lawyers of the United States. Published byThe James C Fifield Company, Minneapolis & New York, 1921

 

 


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