Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-11
FA NILY OF LAWYERS.
Father, Mother and Daughters Win Bo
 Working at the Bar.


 An entire family of lawyers. That is what the Pier family-father, mother and three daughters-are to be, writes Mil waukee correspondent of the Chica go Inter Ocean. Colonel c. K. Pier, formerly of Fond du Lac, now of Milwaukee, is an old practitioner. His wife and his oldest daughter are also practicing, and his two younger daughters are taking the law course at the State University.
 Mrs. Pier and her daughter, Katie H. Pier, graduated from the law department or the State University in 1887, and were two or tae only four women lawyers who nave thus lar taken the law course of the otale University, the other two being Mrs. La Toilette, the wife of Congressman La Toilette, of Madison, who graduated in leSo, and Miss Jessie Hutchinson, of Rich land Center, Wis, who graduated last year. Mrs. Pier and her daughter are as- soclated together, with an office in the Mil Ter DOCK, and are CT! toying good practice.
 It was Miss Pier who attracted such in tefest in the Supreme Court recently from the 1act that she was the first woman lawyer who ever appeared before the su- preme tribunal of the State. She appeared but as young girl among the coterie of old lawyers present. For half an hour her argument was followed with the closest at tention by all present. Even the dignified SSSAAiNsA usual event and mingled an increased de- gree of austerity with certain amount of interest ln the fair young attorney
 Mss Pler stated her case unhesitatin 9ly and frequently turned to and cited authori- Ees, showing an acquaintance with law. and degree of self-possessioa. At the con-; cluslon of her address she was cordially congratulated for the successful impression she had made, and among themselves the lawyers were unanimously of the opinion that she made an exceedingly strong and convincing argument.
 It was trying ordeal for a lady so young, as Miss Pier is but twenty years of age. She has strlklngly handsome and intelli- gent lace, and Is possessed of a wealth of black hair which, in . single coil, almost trails the floor. Like the exceptional young woman of to-day she wears no bangs, but combs her hair back. Miss Pier is native oi Fond du Lac, Wis, and a graduate of the Fond du Lac High School. In 1886. at the same time as her mother, she entered tho law department of the State University and, by taking double course in 1887. ob- tanned her degree, entitling her to practice in all the State courts. For ten months she held & position in the legal department Of the Wisconsin Central railway, retiring April to associate herself with her mother.
 ,. A' i1Ao 'Aio PiG4SSSiou, Salu MISS fler, and also the science of medicine which have studied, too, for some years. nile, Of course, the two are in no way identical, still l think it well for a lawyer to be moro or less familiar with medicine. as 1t Is often useful, particularly in the taking of such expert testimony, as is likely to be offered in the Cronin case.''
 Miss Piers two sisters, who have just en- tered the State University for a course in the law department, are Carrie H., aged eighteen, and Harriet H., aged seventeen,