James H. Dempsey (1859-1920) was the only son of John and Martha Dempsey. He lived in the house at 2830 Franklin, on and off, in the 1880s, and likely as a result was introduced to lawyers Moses Dickey and Andrew Squire who lived up the street from him. Their firm of Estep, Dickey and Squire hired him as a law clerk in 1883. After becoming licensed as an attorney by the State of Ohio in 1884, Dempsey continued to work for the firm. In 1890, Andrew Squire and James H. Dempsey left Estep, Dickey and Squire and, with Judge William Sanders, formed a new firm which they called Squire, Sanders and Dempsey. It has grown over the years to become one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Photograph CollectionDownload Original File
