He became a partner in the firm (renamed Burchell, Smith, Parker and Fogo) in 1926, and was appointed King's Counsel in 1938.
There he became, in the words of the Ottawa Journal, "one of the Government's ace trouble-shooters on the production side of the war effort."
Reporting his appointment, Time magazine characterized him as "a reliable worker behind the scenes, whose political gift is to stop bootless quarreling and secure quiet settlements".
[1] Impressed by his relative youth and energy, a contemporary newspaper editorialized, "what the Senate needs is fewer old fogeys and more young Fogos!
[2] As the Ottawa Journal mused, "a long and brilliant future seemed to stretch before him, making more the pity of his going while at the zenith of his powers.