The original offices occupied a few meager rooms on the second floor of 100 State Street with a single telephone. In these early years, Stanton Ablett was the firm's first clerk and Grace Fletcher managed the office.

The economic climate of the late 1920's brought with it a flood of foreclosures that dramatically increased the firm's workload. They represented the Central New York Mortgage Group in the 20's and later City and County Savings Bank.

As the effects of the depression expanded, so did the firm, handling numerous local bank mergers, real-estate closings and foreclosures. It was in this period that the firm started to acquire many interesting clients including the Troy Broadcasting Company and the RKO Motion Picture Distributors.

Throughout the 50's and 60's the firm remained a staple of the capital regions political and economic evolution with many associates going on to hold public office. Former associate Sol Greenberg went on to be the longest serving District Attorney for Albany County, retiring in 2000 and Mary O. Donahue became Lt. Governor under George Pataki.

Over the years the firm and its clientele continued to grow and diversify. The 197o's brought some very notable attorneys into the fold. The additions of Peter Danziger and Stephen Coffey led to the development of a world class Litigation and Lead Paint practice. Fred Wander, who also joined during this period, became the cornerstone of the Estates practice.

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