Editing Mo Udall (section)

==Early career==
In 1949 Udall, with his brother, Stewart, started the law firm of Udall & Udall in [[Tucson, Arizona]], practicing law in Tucson until 1961.<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu" /><ref name="this_fella_from_arizona_1981_11_audubon" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_new_york_times" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" />

Udall was elected as the [[Pima County]] chief deputy attorney (1950–1952) and county attorney (1953–1954).  In 1954, he failed in a bid to be nominated for a Superior Court judgeship.<ref name="this_fella_from_arizona_1981_11_audubon" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_new_york_times" /><ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" />

He taught labor law at the University of Arizona law school (1955, 1956).<ref name="obit_1998_12_14_washington_post" /> In 1961 he became vice-president of the [[Arizona Bar Association]]. Udall co-founded the [[Bank of Tucson]], and the [[Catalina Savings and Loan Association]], and in 1960 became president of Tucson's [[YMCA]].<ref name="biographical_info_arizona_edu" /><ref name="will_rogers_1974_12_new_york_magazine" />