 The firm was instrumental in the passage of two laws in the Wisconsin Legislature, one enabling women to act as assignees, and another enabling women, who were attorneys-at-law, to be court commissioners.The firm did not take criminal business, but outside of that their practice is a general practice, running mostly to corporation, real estate and probate law.Harriet Hamilton Pier entered the law department of the Wisconsin University, and, at the end of two years, she took her degree of LL.B.