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 L. Root – 1912

Jesse L. RootThe Honorable Jesse L. Root became a partner in 1912. Judge Root was known for being introspective, scholarly, and giving a firm legal foundation to the rest of the attorneys who placed their concentration on trial litigation. He was highly regarded both for his vast amounts of legal knowledge and his high ethical standards. Judge Root later went on to become a county attorney and a Judge Assisting the Nebraska Supreme Court.

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