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

Jesse B. Strode – 1881

Jesse B. StrodeThe Honorable Jesse B. Strode is credited with being the original founder of what would eventually become the Knudsen Law Firm in 1881. Shortly thereafter he hired his relative, Edmund C. Strode. The firm quickly started accumulating clients and its members involved themselves in many public positions. Judge Strode became the Lancaster County Attorney and later went on to serve as a District Judge.