
Rhoads & Sinon -- A Short History of the Firm
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In 1934, Paul H. Rhoads and John Fox Weiss opened offices in the Payne-Shoemaker building for the general practice He became Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth during 1932-1933 under Attoney General William Schnader. John Fox Weiss was a 1895 graduate of Princeton University. He studied law in a Harrisburg law firm from 1895 to 1898. He served as District Attorney of Dauphin County from 1905 to 1911 and then moved to the Public Service Commission.
In 1946, Frank Sinon and Paul Rhoads discussed a partnership and the firm name was changed to Weiss Rhoads & Sinon. Frank Sinon graduated from Penn State University in 1932 and secured a job with the Auditor Genral.
The firm was joined by F. Eugene Reader in 1952, who at the time taught at Dickinson Law School. The firm name changed to Rhoads Sinon & Reader. In the fall of 1975, F. Eugene Reader retired from the firm at the age of 68 and the firm name was changed to Rhoads Sinon & Hendershot. The name remained until 1984, when the firm named was changed to Rhoads & Sinon.
Frank Sinon remained active in the practice as Of Counsel to the firm until his death in 2003. Like it was in 1934, Rhoads & Sinon continues to be an excellent place for many to devote their professional lives.
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