Firm History

Albert Josiah Shaw graduates from Drake Law School and establishes Shaw Law Office in Pocahontas, Iowa. He subsequently became the state industrial commissioner and a State Senator

Wilber Sackett graduates from Drake Law School and establishes Sackett and Cory in Spencer, Iowa

Frank Shaw becomes a lawyer and enters his father’s firm

Robert W. (“Bill”) Sackett graduates from Drake Law School and joins Wilber in practice in Spencer, Iowa

Rosemary Shaw graduates from Drake Law School and joins Frank in practice in Pocahontas

Bill Sackett and Rosemary Shaw marry and merge the Sackett and Shaw firms

Rosemary Shaw Sackett is appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals

Barry Shaw Sackett graduates from the University of Iowa College of Law

Lynne Sims-Taylor graduates from The Ohio State University School of Law

Barry Shaw Sackett joins Bill Sackett as a partner in Sackett Law Office

Lynne Sims-Taylor joins Barry as a partner in Sackett & Sims-Taylor

Bill Sackett retires from practice, but remains of counsel for Sackett & Sims-Taylor