Knudsen Wall of Fame

Distinguished partners in our firm's history

Jesse B. Strode – 1881 Edmund C. Strode – 1893 Jesse L. Root – 1912 Maxwell V. Beghtol – 1913 C. Frank Reavis – 1920 Glen H. Foe – 1931 Lee Rankin – 1931 John C. Mason – 1953 Richard A. Knudsen – 1954 Roger V. Dickeson – 1955 Richard L. Berkheimer – 1958 Wallace A. Richardson – 1963 Donald E. Endacott – 1964 Guy C. Chambers – 1971 Richard R. Endacott – 1976 Rodney M. Confer – 1978 Robert A. Cannon – 1981

Edmund C. Strode – 1893

Edmund C. StrodeEdmund C. Strode became a partner in 1893. While Edmund was the firm’s leading trial lawyer, he and another attorney, Maxwell Beghtol, were litigating a trial against a man charged with seducing a young woman and impregnating her. During the trial the woman’s brother pulled out a pistol and shot and killed the defendant. Edmund and Maxwell took cover under their desk and were not injured as the shooter was quickly subdued. Edmund also served as the Lincoln City Attorney from 1907-1910.

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