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Cherokee's First Law Firm - 1869
- Herrick, Ary Firms Stem from
First Law Office
H.C. Kellogg started the first practice of law in Cherokee in 1869,
having been admitted to the Bar in Vermont in 1846. Shortly after he
opened his practice in Cherokee, the firm of Kellogg and Lewis was
established as a partnership and continued as such until 1875, when Mr.
Lewis became judge.
During this same year, E.C. Herrick joined the partnership, changing
the firm name to Kellogg & Herrick until m. Kellogg’s
retirement in 1886. Mr. Herrick then practiced alone until 1904, when
his son, W. K. became a member in the firm of Herrick &
Herrick. E. C. Herrick died in 1926. The following year, Lester C. Ary
entered the firm and it became known as Herrick & Ary. In 1944,
Mr. W. K. Herrick passed away, leaving Lester C. Ary alone in the
practice, until 1953 when John H. Cook joined him…the firm title
becoming Herrick, Ary and Cook, as we now know it.
E.C. Herrick graduated from the University of Michigan in law and was
once a Democratic candidate for Congress.
W. K. Herrick attended Lake Forrest College and secured his B.A. from
the University of Michigan. He was a graduate of the University of Iowa
School of Law, also a member of Cherokee school board, Sioux Valley
Memorial Hospital board, Chamber of Commerce, President of Cherokee
Rotary Club and member of the American Law Institute.
Lester C. Ary received his B.A. at the Iowa State Teachers College, J.
D. from the University of Iowa, did graduate work at the University of
Columbia; is currently President of Rotary Club and Past Governor of
175th Rotary District, Past President of the Chamber of Commerce
College board, Cherokee Jr. College Board, present member of Library
board and of the Iowa State Board of Education.
John H. Cook earned his B.S. at the University of Chicago, received his
M. A. and J. D. degree at St. Paul University. Prior to his study of
law, Mr. Cook was a research chemist for Swift & Co., in charge
of analytical research. He is also a member of the Cherokee Planning
Commission and a Rotary director.
Source: Cherokee Daily Times, Cherokee,
Iowa 30 May 1956, pg. 67 |
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