Louis Stokes began practicing law in Cleveland in 1953 and argued the “stop and frisk” case of Terry v. Ohio before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1968 against fellow Hall of Fame honoree Reuben M. Payne (1953). He was the first African-American in Ohio elected to the U.S. House, where he served 15 terms. While in Congress, he was Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, headed the Congressional Black Caucus, and was the first African-American on the House Appropriations Committee. Stokes retired as senior counsel from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (now Squire Patton Boggs) in 2012