three generations of trusted legal counsel

The Pugh law firm had its origin in 1946, when Richard "Dick" Pugh, a Marine officer returning from WWII, sought a place to practice law. As a coal miner’s son from Osage County, Kansas, who had worked his way through the University of Kansas Business School and Law School during the Great Depression, he had few connections. He learned of a law office for sale in Wamego, Kansas, from a lawbook salesman. He bought the books, bookcases, a desk, typewriter, and a few other furnishings located upstairs above what at the time was the Kaw Valley State Bank (now the Wamego Public Library) and hung his shingle.

Edward "Ed" Pugh joined the firm in 1975. Born in Wamego, Kansas, in 1949, he obtained his wife and his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Kansas, after which he returned to Wamego to practice law with his father. He joined Dick in the practice of law under the new name of Pugh & Pugh Attorneys. 

Jacob "Jake" Pugh, a 2002 undergraduate of the University of Kansas and a 2006 graduate of Washburn University Law School, joined the firm in 2006. The firm name continued as Pugh & Pugh under the theory that three “Pughs” in the name might be redundant since there have never been more than two practicing at one time. In 2013, the firm was incorporated and became Pugh & Pugh Attorneys at Law, P.A. More recently, the firm has welcomed attorneys Grant Huerter, Tad Ruliffson, and Joel Mason to better serve clients needs. Eighty years have passed, and the firm continues to serve generations of clients and its business customers in the area with a focus on personal service.