▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Judge ▁Samuel ▁Mil ford . ▁Edu c ated ▁in ▁Rock ham pton ▁and ▁Sydney , ▁he ▁spent ▁several ▁years ▁surve ying ▁in ▁the ▁River ina ▁and ▁in ▁western ▁Queensland ▁before ▁taking ▁up ▁law . ▁G aining ▁legal ▁experience ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁Char ters ▁Tow ers ▁and ▁C air ns , ▁he ▁completed ▁his ▁articles ▁with ▁Peter ▁Mac Ph erson ▁in ▁Br is b ane , ▁and ▁was ▁admitted ▁as ▁a ▁solic itor ▁on ▁ 1 ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁From ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 8 8 6 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁partner ▁in ▁the ▁firm ▁of ▁Mac Ph erson , ▁M isk in ▁and ▁F ee z , ▁solic itors . ▁M isk in ▁retired ▁not ▁long ▁after ▁and ▁the ▁firm ▁carried ▁on ▁as ▁Mac Ph erson ▁and ▁F ee z , ▁and ▁were ▁retained ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁lit ig ation ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s . ▁The ▁partners hip ▁was ▁dissol ved ▁, ▁following ▁which ▁F ee z ▁pract ised ▁under ▁his ▁own ▁name ▁until ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁when ▁he ▁entered ▁into ▁partners hip ▁with ▁Arthur ▁Bay nes . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁A FT ▁Ruth ning ▁joined ▁the ▁partners hip , ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁the ▁firm ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁F ee z ▁Ruth ning ▁and ▁Company , ▁and ▁continues ▁as ▁F ee z ▁Ruth ning . ▁After ▁nearly ▁ 6 0 ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁legal ▁profession , ▁Ad olph ▁F