WHEELING — A law firm which has produced several prosecutors and judges is celebrating a century of providing legal services to clients.

Schrader, Duff, Law & Lowe has a history dating back to Oct. 1, 1925. Carl Schmidt, Wright Hugus and Albert W. Laas founded the law firm Schmidt, Hugus and Laas in Wheeling.

These three founders were each deeply embedded in the business, political and social affairs of Wheeling. Schmidt served as the Wheeling city solicitor starting in 1921, then an elected position. Hugus served several terms in the West Virginia state Senate and played a seminal role in the merger of Wheeling Glessner Co., Wheeling Steel & Iron Co. and Ackerman Manufacturing Co. to form Wheeling Steel Corp. in 1920. Laas began his legal career in association with Judge J. H. Brennan a

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