Some of its buildings are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
[1] The founding partners were brothers James R. Law III (1885–1952) and Edward J.
Law (1891-1983), who were both born in Madison and graduates of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture.
He worked in the architectural office of Louis Claude and Edward Starck in 1901, and later studied at the School of Architecture of the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1909.
Then back in Madison, he worked for architect Arthur Peabody before founding his own firm in 1914.