Weekly journal-miner., 1917-01-10
CONTINUE THEIR RELATIONS AS
 LAW PARTNERS
EX-COUNTY THORN FEY O'SULLIVAN AND DEP UTY MORGAN ARE TO STICK TOGETHER.
(From Sundays Daily1

In another column appears the an nouncement of P. w. O'Sullivan and Joseph H. Morgan of a permanent partnership for the general practice of the law, at their old offices in the Bank of Arizona building. These gentlemen have been associated to- gcther for the past live years as county and deputy county attorney. Since retiring from office on January lst. there has been considerable spccu- lation whether Messrs. O'Sullivan and Morgan would continue their legal association. The announcement set ties this.
 When interviewed yesterday, Mir. O'Sullivan said that he was out of the political game, and that hereafter he intended to devote his time and cncr- gies to the private practice of the firm The senior member of the firm has had a long and cmincntly success full public career. Born and raised m the State of Wisconsin, he came to Prescott 3 years ago. and has rcsid- ed here ever since He was for two years city attorney and for five years deputy district attorney under H. D.. Ross, now a member of the State Stu preme court For the five years just past, Mir. O'Sullivan has served as county attorney. During that time, Mir. Morgan has been his deputy.
 These gentlemen took office just when Arizona was admitted to State hood, and at a time when a great number of important public questions had to be solved Various constitu- tional questions growing out of crim- inal cases, tax matters and bond IS sues were successfully maintained by Messrs. O'Sullivan and Morgan in the Superior and Supreme courts of the State Out of great number of cases appealed to the Supreme court they only lost one. Through the efforts of their office. bonds were issued and sold to build the new court house, and various school district buildings throughout the county.
 The record shows that at their first trial jury term, 20 convictions were secured on an equal number of in- dictmcnts. During the past two years their office has secured convictions in e6 per cent of the cases instituted and prosecuted to judgment
 Mir O'Suliivan is at present mcm- Der of the Board Of Law Examiners of the State. He is also president of the Arizona Bar Association. He is recognized as one of the ablest and most astute trial lawyers in the State.
 The junior member of the firm, Mir. Morgan. came to Prescott from Ne braska in 1910 He is graduate of the law department of the University of Nebraska, having secured his de- gree from that institution in the Spring of 1910. Shortly after arriving in Prescott he was admitted to the bar, and was associated with the law firm of Norris & Smith until he be- came deputy county attorney under Ar. O'Sullivan.
 Mr. Morgan has had a thorough training in the law both from d thco- rctical and practical standpoint He is said to be one of the best brief writers among the members of the bar, and IS recognized as trial law yer of exceptional ability Several legal articles written and delivered by him before the local bar association were highly commended He is at present engaged in writing a sum mary of the mining laws applicable to Arizona which will be completed and probably published in a short time