Born in
Hannibal, New York, Law attended the public schools and graduated from
Colgate Academy in
Hamilton, New York in 1891. In 1895 he graduated from
Amherst College in
Amherst, Massachusetts. Law studied law with an attorney in
Rome, New York and at
Cornell Law School in
Ithaca, New York. He was
admitted to the bar in
Rochester, New York, in 1897. In 1898, Law moved to
Brooklyn, New York where he commenced the practice of law. Law was elected as a
Republican to the
Fifty-ninth,
Sixtieth, and
Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Sixty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910. He resumed the practice of law in Brooklyn. From 1912 to 1913, Law served as
Sheriff of Kings County, New York in 1912 and 1913. Law was a
Judge of Brooklyn's Municipal Court from January 1, 1916, to January 1, 1926. After leaving the bench he resumed the practice of law in Brooklyn and was involved in banking and insurance as president of the Mortgage Title and Guarantee Company. ==Death and burial==