In 1980, two young lawyers, David Hvistendahl and Ron Moersch, met in Northfield while watching their young children play at the public pool. After a number of months of discussion, they decided to open a law practice together. Their first office on Division Street in Northfield consisted of two small rooms, one without windows. Ron was assigned the windowless office. The young attorneys had no staff as they launched their office and accepted cases from every realm of the law. They were off and running.