FIRM HISTORY
Cooligan Ryan LLP has historically operated under a series of names of former and current partners. The firm has deep roots in the Ottawa community and can trace its origin back to 1879. Like the City of Ottawa, in which members of the firm carry on the practice of law, Cooligan Ryan LLP has undergone many changes through the years. However, integrity, honour and hard work have remained the linchpins of a firm which has attended to the needs of its clients for more than a century.
The firm's name changes are listed below.
- 1879 - 1887 Scott, MacTavish & MacCraken
- 1888 - 1889 Belcourt & MacCraken
- 1890 - 1894 Belcourt, MacCraken & Henderson
- 1895 - 1898 MacCraken, Henderson & MacKay
- 1899 - 1899 MacCraken, Henderson & McGiverin
- 1900 - 1905 MacCraken, Henderson & McDougall
- 1905 - 1912 MacCraken, Henderson, McDougall & Greene
- 1913 - 1919 MacCraken, Henderson, Greene & Herridge
- 1920 - 1923 MacCraken, Henderson, Herridge & Fleming
- 1924 - 1943 MacCraken, Fleming & Schroeder
- 1944 - 1946 MacCraken, Fleming, Schroeder & Burnett
- 1947 - 1949 MacCraken, Fleming & Burnett
- 1949 - 1950 MacCraken, Fleming & Beahen
- 1951 - 1955 MacCraken, Fleming, Beahen & Hall
- 1956 - 1957 Hall, Beahen, Hall & Cooligan
- 1957 - 1973 Beahen & Cooligan
- 1974 - 1978 Cooligan, Ryan, McNeely & Montague
- 1978 - 1983 Cooligan, Ryan, McNeely, Montague & Connolly
- 1983 - 1991 Macdonald, Affleck, Cooligan
- 1991 - Cooligan Ryan LLP
