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OFFICERS & DIRECTORS -1986
Placement
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PRESIDENT: Reginald N. Jones
Law Fund
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PAST PRESIDENT: Henry A. Thomas VICE-PRESIDENT: The Honorable Donald H. Kent SECRETARY-TREASURER: Beverly D. Boone
Law VVeekend
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Events
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Alurrmi News
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Memoriam
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DIRECTORS: Term Expires in 1986
O. Leland Mahan Joshua Pretlow Stephen D. Busch Term Expires in 1987
Larry G. Browning Linda F. Rigsby Joseph R. Johnson,
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Term Expires in 1988
Dennis P. Brumberg Sara R. Wilson Jerry M. Phillips t,;J4.· •.J~._J..,.
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Many changes are occuring within the Law School and every effort is being made to report on these changes. There are, however, a great many other developments, both within and without the Law School, that are of interest to alumni, friends, faculty and students. Readers are, therefore, encouraged to submit items of general interest, of either news or commentary value, for publication. -The Editor
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Sylvia Hubbard, Anne Savedge, Bob Hutchinson
Editor: Kimberly Gooch Bram, L'83 Contributors: Thomas A. Edmonds, Beverly D. Boone, Sharon M. Moon, L'88, Randy Fitzgerald, Kevin Williams, L'88 The Newsletter, of which this is Volume VI, Number 2, is published for the alumni/ae and friends of The T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond. Postmaster: Send address changes to University of Richmond, Virginia 23173.
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Deans Farewell A Edmonds
As many of you already know, this is my tenth and last year as dean at T. C. Williams. I simply believe that this is long enough for anyone to serve in this type of position at any far exceeded
and I have already the national average
tenure for law school deans of 3.8 years. I will be leaving in January to assume the deanship at my home state university law school, the University of Mississippi, where I began my teaching
career
tive, as well as for the thoughtful let-
surely be one of the most loyal and
ters and telephone
supportive
ceived from many of you since my
anywhere
by Dean Thomas
one institution,
privilege to work with what must
twenty
years
ago this fall. Naturally, I leave Richmond with the same mixed emotions I experi-
groups
of
alumni
in the country
during
decision
these past ten years, and I shall
Richmond
always remain vitally interested
summer.
in
calls I have re-
was announced newspapers
in the late
last
your future successes and accomplishments. curricular
The academic and coprograms
at
T. C.
Williams are stronger and more effective today as a result interest
and support,
that under
of your
and I know
new academic
leader-
ship the quality and reputation
of
the law school will continue to be enhanced in the years to come. I am almost as excited for you and your future under a new dean and a new president
at Richmond
as I am
about the fresh agenda and opportunities which are in the offing for me at Mississippi! Thank you again for all you have
enced as I moved here from Florida
done to make my administration
State in 1977. It has been a rare
Richmond so enjoyable and produc-
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Dr. Samuel Banks Becomes 6th President by Randy Fitzgerald
Dr. Samuel Banks became UR's 6th president December 1. The Board of Trustees announced their decision after a special meeting on July 28, 1986. Dr. Banks, president of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., was the unanimous choice of the University's Presidential Selection Committee. Dr. Banks received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Duke University, a master of divinity degree in theology from Emory University and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Chicago. He has clinical psychology experience, and is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church. He is the first non-Baptist to be elected president of UR. . Dr. Banks is married to Dr. Joanne
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Trautmann Banks. Mrs. Banks is a professor of humanities and English at the Pennsylvania State University Colleges of Medicine and Liberal Arts. She is a pioneer in the field of teaching literature to medical students and she was recently honored by the Society for Health and Human Values "for creative and dedicated leadership in the furtherance of human values in medical education:' Mrs. Banks is co-editor of the sixvolume Letters of Virginia Wolf. She has also authored numerous books and articles on literature and medicine, a field in which she is a pioneer. Mrs. Banks' personal interests center around her family. She is very interested in the well-being of handicapped people, with whom she has special experience because of the Bankses' multiply-handicapped, 9-year old son, Piers. At Dickinson, President Banks promoted new academic associations between the fine arts and music by bringing these two departments together in a technologically sophisti-
A. Banks and his wife, D,'. Joanne
'Trautmann
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cated building born out of an old gymnasium. The new gym, built under Dr. Banks' guidance, was inspired by his feeling that the life of the body and the life of the mind should be integrated. In the classroom that overlooks the basketball court, professors from psychology, philosophy and the classics have studied sport as an important part of human culture. At Dickinson, Dr. Banks has taught one course a year in the Department of Psychology. In addition, he is a lecturer at the adjacent Dickinson School of Law and an adjunct professor of behavioral sciences at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He is also a professional magician and he teaches a non-credit course for seniors on introductory magic-its skills and its relation to the psychological concepts of perception and motivation. He and his wife both enjoy deep-sea diving. Dr. Banks is a supporter of all college athletics, but is particularly enthusiastic about football.
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JamesA. Westbrook ToBe Second Allen Chair Professor James A. Westbrook, the Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, will be the second George E. Allen visiting professor of law at T. C. Williams. He will be teaching Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict of Laws during the Spring semester. Professor Westbrook began his teaching career at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1965 and became a full professor at that institution in 1970. He was named the James S. Rollins Professor of Law twice, serving in that position from September 1974 to August 1976 and again from 1980 to 1981. In 1976 he was appointed Dean of the College of Law and Director of the Law Center at the University of Oklahoma and served in that capacity until 1980. Professor Westbrook received his LL.B, with distinction, from Duke University School of Law and his LL.M. from Georgetown University. The author of numerous published articles, Professor Westbrook has also written a large number of arbitration opinions. He is the co-author of a book entitled Dispute Resolution
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and Lawyers which will be published by West Publishing Company in 1987. He has served as a labor arbitrator since 1973 and is included on the roster of arbitrators of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He has served on several panels and delivered speeches on the arbritration process and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Movement. Professor Westbrook was the 1985 recipient of the Loyd E. Roberts Memorial Prize in the Administration of Justice. The award is given to the University of Missouri-Columbia Law Professor, who, during the year preceding, has made the most significant contribution to improving the administration of justice, either within Missouri, nationally or in lerna tionally. The George E. AII~n Chair in Law was established in honor of the late Richmond trial attorney by his sons George Jr., Wilbur and Ashby. The Aliens gave the University $150,000 with the hope that the fund could gmw through other gifts to $1 million to create a fully funded distinguished professorship. The George E. Allen Chair was the first endowed chair in the 116-year history of the University's T. C. Williams School of Law.
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Shepherd Wins Distinguished Educator Award Professor Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., recently received the University's 1986 Distinguished Educator Award. He was one of six University faculty members honored during this year's Opening Convocation held on August 28, 1986. The award recognizes faculty members for outstanding service to the University and their field as well as superior teaching ability. Faculty, students, alumni, administrators and trustees are involved in the selection process each year. Professor Shepherd also won the award in 1980 and last year he was chosen to address the University Community at the 1985 Opening Convocation.
Guernsey Receives Tenure The University of Richmond Board of Trustees recently awarded tenure to Thomas F. Guernsey, Jr. and promoted him to full professor. Professor Guernsey, who delivered his tenure address to law school faculty and students on September 24, joined the faculty in 1980. Agradua te of the Universi ty of Michigan' he received a J.D. degree from Wayne State University and a LL.M. degree from Temple University. Professor Guernsey teaches first year property and evidence. He also teaches and has been instrumental in the development of the Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling course and competition at the law school.
Professor Guernsey delivers tenure address
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Eighty Employers Set On-campus Interviews for Fall Semester, 1986 Attorney General's Office, COInInonU'ealth of Virginia (Richmond, VA) Babb, Oast, Hook & Cr-owe (Portsmouth, VA) Barnb acu s & Shuford (Richmond, VA) Bell, Morrison & Spies (Lynchburg, VA) Boothe, Prichard & Dudley (Fairfax & Alexandria, VA; Washington, D.C.) Bounds, Dorsey & Broadhurst (Roanoke, VA) Bow le s, McDavid, Graft & Love (Charleston, WV) Br-ernrren Baber & Janus (Richmond, VA) BroU'der, Russell, Morris and Butcher (Richmond, VA) Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell (Richmond, VA) Clorrrerrt & Wheatley (Danville, VA) Cooper & Davis (Portsmouth, VA) Coopers & Lybrand (Richmond, VA) Cr-ews, Hancock & Dunn (Richmond, VA) Ou mrrrtrrg, Hatchett, Moschel & Patrick (Hampton, VA) Eckert, SeaInans, Cherin & Mellott (Pittsburgh, PAl Federal Bureau of Investigation (Nationwide) Feil, Deinlein, Pettit & WilliaIns (Charlottesville, VA) Fisher & Phillips (Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; Fort Lauderdale, FL) Florance, Gordon & BroU'n Richmond, VA) Fralin, FreeInan & Kinnier, RC. (Lynchburg, VA) Fulbright & JaU'orski (Washington, DC) Gardner, Moss & Rocovich (Roanoke, VA) and Gardner, Moss & Hopper (Richmond, VA) Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore (Roanoke, VA) Glenn, Flippin, FeldInan & Darby (Roanoke, VA) GilIner, Sadler, IngraIn, Sutherland & Hutton (Pulaski, VA) Hall, Monahan, Engle, Mahan & Mitchell (Leesburg and Winchester, VA) Hansell & Post (Atlanta and Macon, GA) Harlan, Knight, Dudley & Pincus (Norfolk, VA) Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox & Allen (Richmond, VA) Hunton & Williams (Richmond, Norfolk & Fairfax, VA; Raleigh, NC; Knoxville, TN; Washington, DC; New YOI'k, NY) Internal Revenue Service (Nationwide) Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell (Charleston & Morgantown, WV; Lexington & Louisville, KY) Katz, Flinn & Beagan Vienna, VA) Kaufrrrarr & Canoles (Norfolk, VA) Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (Pittsburgh, PAl Lacy & Mehfoud (Richmond, VA) Little, Parsley & Cluverius (Richmond, VA) Maloney, Yeatts & Barr (Richmond, VA) Mays & Valentine (Richmond, VA) McGuire, Woods & Battle (Richmond, Charlottesville & Norfolk, VA; Washington, DC) Meade, 'late & Daniel (Danville, VA) Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (Nationwide) Miles & Stockbridge (Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, DC; Fairfax, VA) MontgoInery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads (Philadelphia, PAl Morgan, Lewfs & Bockius (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Morris, .Iarrres, Hitchens & WilliaIns (Wilmington, DE) Norfolk COInmonU'ealth's Attorneys Office (Norfolk, VA) Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, RC. (Fairfax, VA) Parvin & Wilson (Roanoke, Virginia) Patten, Wornom, & Watkins (Newport News, VA) Peat, Mar-w iok & Mitchell (Nationwide and Foreign) Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones (Abingdon and Bristol, VA) Pickett, Lyle, Siegel, Drescher & Cr-osfraw (Virginia Beach, VA) Roberts & Ashby (Fredericksburg, VA) Robinson & McElwee (Charleston, WV) Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller (Richmond, VA) Scanelli and Shapiro (Norfolk, VA) Smith, Currie & Hancock (Atlanta, GA) Somerville, Moore & Somerville (Orange, VA) Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer (Charleston, WV) Steptoe & Johnson (Charleston & Clarksburg, WV) Street, Street, Street, Scott & Bow rrrarr (Grundy, VA) Thomas & Fiske, RC. (Alexandria & Richmond, VA; Washington, DC) (continued
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United States Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps (Nationwide and Foreign) United States Marine Corps (Nationwide) United States Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps (Nationwide and Foreign) Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin ( orfolk , VA) Virginia Court of Appeals, Hon. Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Chief Judge (Salem, VA) Virginia Insurance Reciprocal (Richmond, Virginial Virginia Supreme Court, Chief Staff Attorney's Office (Richmond, VA) Virginia Supreme Court, Legal Assistance Research Project (Richmond, VA) Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver (Harrisonburg, VA) Wickwire, Gavin & Gibbs, P.C. (Vienna, VA; Washington, DC) Willcox & Savage, P.C. (Norfolk, VA) Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins (Richmond, VA) Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Greer (Norfolk, VA) Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly ( orfolk and Virginia Beach, VA) Woods, Rogers & Hazelgrove (Roanoke, VA) Woodward, Miles & Flannagan (Bristol, VA)
Law Students Get Practice Interviews Practice interview sessions were sponsored by the Placement Office for law students this fall with the assistance of the following alumni: Ann T. Burks Harry E. Cohn John C. Ivins, Jr.
David J. Johnson Edward Macon Frank Telegadas
Students were elated to have an opportunity to make interviewing mistakes when they did not count and to find out what those mistakes were. The Placement Office could not have organized this program without the assistance of our alumni and greatly appreciates their service.
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Class of 1986 Sets New Clerkship Record by Beverly Boone
'TWenty-three
members
which
want
to take this opportunity
congratulate
breaks
of the Class of 1986 are serving
year
them
the previous
record to identify
on receiving
these
Dawn Suzette Bonham Law Clerk for Henrico Circuit Court, Richmond, Virginia David Charles Bowen Pro Se Clerk for U.S. District Norfolk, Virginia
Court,
Mark Sheridan Brennan Law Clerk for Hon. David G. Lowe, U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court Richmond, Virginia Kimberly Anne Britts Law Clerk for Henrico Circuit Court, Richmond, Virginia Victoria A. Bucur Law Clerk for Hon. Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice, Virginia Supreme Court, Richmond, Virginia Joseph Patrick Corish Law Clerk for Hon. Hal J. Bonney, Jr., Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Norfolk, Virginia James Christopher Cosby Law Clerk for Virginia Supreme Chief Staff Attorney's Office, Richmond, Virginia Timothy Stephen Coyne Fro Se Clerk for U.S. District Alexandria, Virginia
Court,
Court,
Annmarie Cozzi Law Clerk for Judges Calahan and Hawkins, New Jersey Superior Court, Family Division, Elizabeth, New Jersey Thomas Charles Dawson, Jr. Law Clerk for Hon. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Norfolk, Virginia Michael Vincent Gerrard Pro Se Clerk for U.S. District Court, Richmond, Virginia Kimberley Scott Herson Law Clerk for Hon. Lawrence L. Koontz Chief Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, Salem, Virginia
of eighteen these
as judicial
clerks
this
for the Class of 1985. We
twenty-three
graduates
and to
positions. Sheila Lorraine Hogan Law Clerk for U.S. Department Administrative Law Judges, Washington, DC Thomas Nelson Langhorne, Law Clerk for Virginia Supreme Chief Staff Attorney's Office, Richmond, Virginia
of Labor,
III Court,
Eileen Lampe Law Clerk for Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo, Judge, U.S. District Court, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Salvatore Lupica Law Clerk for Hon. James W. Benton, Jr., Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, Richmond, Virginia Edward Meade Macon Law Clerk for Hon. Marvin F. Cole, Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, Richmond, Virginia Lee Melchor Law Clerk for Hon. Richard B. Kellam, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Norfolk, Virginia Marguerite Rice Ruby Law Clerk for Hon. Robert R. Merhige, Judge, U.S. District Court, Richmond, Virginia Dale Leonard Smith Law Clerk for Virginia Supreme Chief Staff Attorney's Office, Richmond, Virginia
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Court,
Robin M. Stavor Law Clerk for York County Common Pleas Court, York, Pennsylvania John Randolph Stokes Law Clerk for Hon. Richard B. Kellam, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Norfolk, Virginia Christopher Allen Stump Law Clerk for Hon. Rebecca Beach Smith, U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court Norfolk, Virginia
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William Ruckelsha us Keynote Speaker At Environmental Symposium The T. C. Williams School of Law has begun the second period of its 3 year campaign to raise $150,000 in funding for the Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Center for Environmental Studies. The funds will be matched by a challenge grant awarded by the Virginia Environmental Endowment. $50,000 was raised and matched by the Virginia Environmental Endowment during the first matching period which ended March 31, 1986. The Law School has already received outright gifts and pledge payments totalling $12,546 since the start of the second matching period on April 1, 1986. Additional pledges of S23,100 have also been received. Recently, the Merhige Center was a sponsor of an environmental workshop/symposium entitled, "The Dy.ing Bay: Challenge and Repsonse!' The Honorable William D. Ruckelshaus keynoted the event which brought together humanities scholars and lawvers who have researched and written in areas related to the environment and individuals instrumental in establishing and directly affected by the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983. The Dying Bay Symposium was also sponsored by various divisions of the University of Richmond, The Virginia Environmental Endowment, the GTE Foundation Lectureship Program, and the Virginia Foundation for the HumaniLies and Public Policy. During his visit to campus, Mr. Ruckelshaus attended a special fundraising dinner which raised over $6,000 in cont r ibu tions to the Merhige Center. Information regarding the Merhige Center and/or the fundraising efforts of the Center may be obtained by contacting Kim Bram , Director of Alumni and Development for The T. C. Williams School of Law at (804) 289-8029.
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LawFund 1986/87 The 1986/87 Law Fund team kicked off this year's campaign on September 24, 1986. W. Birch Douglass, III, L68) a partner with the law firm of McGuire, Woods & Battle, chairs this year's campaign. This year's team will be working to reach a total capital and annual goal of $378,000 with 50% alumni participation. As of November 1, 1986) the Law School has received outright gifts and pledges totalling $46)310 with participation at 30%. In addition, unpaid pledges total S27,021. Firm scholarship co-chairs) A. T. Mayo, Jr., L70, and Archer L. Yeatts, III, L67, continue to add firms to the Law School's successful Firm Scholarship Program which now includes 71 firms throughout the state. Douglas W. Conner, L61, serves as the chairman of the Law School's Estate Planning Program which seeks estate gifts for the benefit of the Law School. Part of-this effort is the newly created Endowed Bequest Scholarship Program. This program allows an alumnus to begin funding an endowed scholarship during his or her lifetime and then complete or in-
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crease funding of this scholarship by a bequest under his or her will. Class agent decade chairs have been working towards increasing alumni participation. Three decade phonathons were held in October and November. These phonathons focused on never givers from the individual decades and produced 252 new pledges totalling $18)910.00. A. James Kauffman, L62, led the 60's decade phonathon; Richard Cullen, L77, and James F. Stutts) L77) chaired the 70's decade phonathon; and Gregory S. Hooe, L80) and Donna D. Lange) L84, chaired the 80's decade phonathon. Pia Trigiana, L83, and Terri S. Lovelace, L:85)are co-chairs for six general phonathons. The first of these took place on November 13 and was staffed by law student members of the legal fraternities, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Alpha Delta. Law student callers received 145 pledges totalling $5)390. Law students and alumni participated in the second general phonathon which was held on Novembel' 16. 169 pledges totalling $8,086 were received during this phonathon. The efforts of each law student and alumnus at the general phonathon is greatly appreciated.
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1986/87 Phonathon
L to R: Watson Marshall, U65, Leslie Saunders, U63, Dan Stevens, U66, Maurice Bell, U66 and Charles Hartz, U68 at 60's Decade Phonathon.
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Law Fund 85/86
Successfully Completed
Denise Melton Carl, U84 Kurt Winstead, U88, Student/Alumni Chair and A. James Kauffman, U62, 60's Decade Chair.
Greg Hooe, U80, 80's Decade Chair.
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L to R: Ken Paciocco, 1180 and Doug Calloway, U80 at 80's Decade Phonathon.
At the close of the 85/86 Annual Law Fund, alumni of The T. C. Williams School of Law contributed $116,477, and achieved a 46% participationrate. Frank N. Cowan, 1.;62,Chairman of the Law Fund, announced the successful completion of the campaign in a year-end report. The Firm Scholarship Program was expanded to 69 firms with the 'addition of 10 new firms. They are Axselle, Hundley, Johnson & Harris, Richmond; Byrd, Dinsmore, Evans & Bryant, Ltd., Virginia Beach; Gannon, Cottrell & Ward, Alexandria; Greer & Greer, Rocky Mount; Hayes & Smith, Richmond; Lewis, Mitchell & Moore, Vienna; Lutins & Shapiro, Roanoke; Moss & Callahan, Norfolk; Mustian, Parker, & Carpenter, Richmond; Parvin & Wilson, Roanoke; and, Pretlow, Eason & Pretlow, Suffolk. Alumni volunteers and law students recruited by phonathon chairs, Lynne J. Blain, 1.;84,Stuart W. Blain, 1.;82,and William A. Walsh, Jr., 1.;77conducted six successful phonathons. They contributed 889 gifts totalling S45,880 to the campaign. Adding to the success of the 1985/86 campaign were Estate Planning CoChairs Louise Boggs, 1.;80and O. Stuart Chalifoux, 1.;77,and Alumni Co-Chairs Sara R. Wilson, 1.;78 and William A. Julias, 1.;60,who headed up the Class Agent Program. 9
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Law Weekend 1986 Despite the rainy weather, attendance at Law Weekend 1986 reached record levels. The weekend began with the Barnett Memorial Golf Tournament held at the Crossings Golf Course. Herb Sebren, I.;71 received the Lowest Net Score trophy and Bob Brown, I.;77 received the Lowest Gross Score trophy. While the golf tournament took place, the Law School faculty, staff and students celebrated Jean Morris Tarpley's 35th anniversary at TC. Williams. A pink dogwood tree was planted on the Law School grounds and a special reception was held in her honor. Mrs. Tarpley was also recognized at the annual Fall Gathering and presented with a gift by the Law School Association. Approximately 600 alumni, students and friends attended the annual Fall Gathering. This year's event was held at the Hotel Jefferson and
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included a special tribute to Dean Tom Edmonds who will be leaving TC. Williams in January. Law School Association President, Reggie Jones, read a Resolution of Appreciation recognizing Dean Edmonds' contributions to TC. Williams during the past ten years. He also presented Dean Edmonds with ten engraved pewter Virginia cups on behalf of the Law School alumni. The annual business meeting of the Law School Association was held Saturday morning. During this meeting, W. Birch Douglass, III, I.;68, 1. Sloan Kuykendall, III, 1.;77 and Carrie S. Camp, 1.;84 were elected to the Law School Association Board. O. Leland Mahan, I.;64 was elected Vice-President and Judge Donald H. Kent was elected President of the Law School Association. The business meeting was followed by a Bloody-Mary Brunch at which alumni and friends enjoyed a breakfast of crab imperial, curried fruit,
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sausage balls and pastry before attending the UR vs. VPI football game. The Student Bar Association sponsored an Indoor Tailgate Party for alumni, students and their families after the football game. The event included clowns to entertain the children and a fried chicken dinner to satisfy post-game hunger pains. In addition to the class reunions held both Friday and Saturday nights, the Legal Forum sponsored a Tort Reform Debate on Friday afternoon of Law Weekend.
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L to R: Dean and Mrs. Edmonds, Judge and Mrs. Henry Garnett, 1.:46, Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Emroch, 1..:31, MI-.and Mrs. Wat Abbitt, 1..:31, Mr. and Mrs. John Grigsby, 1.:36, MI'. Westwood Winfree, 1..:36, Mr. and Mrs. George Allen, 1..:36, Mr. and Mrs. William Cudlipp, 1..:31 at Reunion.
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Marshall Tuck, 1.:67 at Fall Gathering
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Thny Troy, l:66 (left) and Whisenart, l:66
Carroll and Gathering.
Nancy Dickenson, l:87 and Kurt Winstead at Indoor Thilgate Party.
Jenny Montgomery and Massey at 1981 Reunion.
Elizabeth Gay Dwyer (left) and Majorie Bendl at Class of 1981 Reunion.
Professor Hamilton Bryson (left) and Judge James Ward, l:71
James
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L to R: Hugh Campbell, Judge and Mrs. Charles Waters at Class of 1961 Reunion.
L to R: Waiter Regirer, t:49, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thompson, t:SO at the Fall Gathering.
Robert Lebar, t:82 (left) and Charles Leppert, t:61 at Fall Gathering. .
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gathering.
Rakes, t:S1 at Fall
Bill Wood (left) and Fred Quayle at 1966 Class Reunion.
Mike Oglesby, t:76 and family with clown at student sponsored Tailgate Party.
Jack Edmonds, t:S6 (left) and Archie Yeatts.
Dennis BeIchor (left) and Louis Mezzullo at Class of 1976 Reunion.
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L to R: Ricky Wallerstein, ~83, Leah Darron Wallerstein, ~84 and Judge Edgar Tur-lington, ~59 at Fall Gathering.
Mrs. Bivens, Judge William Bivens, ~52 and Otis Nuchols, ~51 at Fall Gathering.
L to R: Former Law School Association Presidents, Judge Marvin Cole, ~48, Edward Betts, ~65, Richard Rakes, ~51, John Rocovich, ~68 and Joe Spruill, ~58 during tribute to Dean Edmonds.
L to R: Richard Rakes, Leslie Campbell, Delmar Brown, Conard Matlox and Elmore Butler'. Class of 1951 Reunion Committee.
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Legal Forum Sponsors Speakers by Sharon Moon, ~88
This fall, many interesting and important speakers visited the UR campus. Opening the semester lecture series on September 17, 1986 was Edwin Meese, United States Attorney General. The lecture was sponsored by The T.C. Williams School of Law and the University of Richmond. Mr. Meese, who's daughter is an undergraduate at UR, delivered the Constitution Day Address before a standing room only crowd in the Camp Theatre. Mr. Meese spoke about the farmers' efforts in drafting the Constitution and fielded questions from the audience. Mr. Meese is a graduate of Yale University and holds a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley. The Legal Forum presented a lecture by Lawrence G. Wallace, Deputy Solicitor General of the United
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States Justice Department on September 25,1986 in the Moot Court Room of the Law School. Mr. Wallace is the senior ranking official in the department and has argued ninety-two cases before the Supreme Court. His B.A. and M.A. degrees are from Syracuse University and he holds a law degree from Columbia where he was editor in chief of the law review. Mr. Wallace taught at Duke University where Dean Thomas Edmonds was one of his students. Mr. Wallace spoke about the Justice Department's role in selecting the cases which the United States appeals to the Supreme Court. The Honorable William D. Ruckelshaus delivered the Keynote Address at The Dying Bay symposium, held October 10-11, 1986. Mr. Ruckelshaus is affiliated with the law firm of Perkins & Coie in Seattle, Washington and serves as the U.S. Representative on the United Nations World Commission of Environment and Development. Mr. Ruckelshaus was the first administrator of the Environ-
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Attorney General Edwin Meese at recent lecture.
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Judge Willard I. Walker, Richmond Circuit Court judge and a member of the faculty at The T. C. Williams School of Law, died of cancer September 28. He was 57. Walker was educated at Washington and Lee University and taught law courses at the University of Virginia before joining the faculty of T. C. Williams as an adjunct professor, Dean Thomas A. Edmonds said. "Judge Walker has made a tremendous contribution to our trial practice program over the five years that he has been with us;' Edmonds said. "He took great interest in helping to equip lawyers with sound trial skills while teaching and while in practice;' Edmonds said. Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. said that he had known Walker for many years and found him to be an "exceptionally skilled trial lawyer and a very good and caring judge:' Shepherd said that Walker liked working with students and that he maintained a relationship that was supportive of his students even outside of the classroom. Paul J. Zwier said Walker's choice to leave the law firm of McGuire, Woods and Battle and serve as a state court judge "demonstrated his concern for working out justice for all kinds of people at all levels of life:' Zwier said that accepting the appointment to the bench would have been a great sacrifice because it entailed giving up a lucrative position. Edmonds said Walker had a special fondness for T. C. Williams and its students that went "above and beyond the call of duty:' To that end, Walker's family has established a scholarship at the Law School in his memory. Dean Edmonds noted that he has already received a large number of contributions to the fund, a reflection of the "respect and admiration" that the community had for Judge Walker.
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Hartwell Har-rison announces the birth of a daughter, Anne Tucker, born March 17, 1986. Anne weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces.
1940 J. Newton Dovel retired from the practice of law effective June 12, 1986. 1965 I-Ion. Harvey E. Schlesinger of Jacksonville, Florida, was appointed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger to a six year term on the ten-member nationally organized Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules established in 1960 to study and recommend improvements in procedural rules for ci-iminal cases in federal COUI'tS. 1972 AI'tel' serving as President of the Portsmouth Bar Association, Stuart E, Katz has been elected tu the Fourth District Committee of the Virginia State Bar. E)76 Kart-in Brermer- Colamar+no, of New York, joined Logica, if financial software company as Corporate Counsel and Secr-etary in April, 1986. She runs the law department and reo ports that it is a vel'}' challenging and rewarding job. Howard 'I: MacRae, JI'. mar-r-ied Ms. Linda i\larie Kramer on June 28th in the Wren Chapel at the College of \villiam and Mary. They will live in Midlothian, Vil'ginia. Linda is a Tax Manager in the Richmond, Virginia office of Peat, Marwick , Mitchell & Co. and Howard is Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of \Vheat, First Securities.
1980 Hobert Coperihaver- Hudson Anne, are proud to announce their first child, a son, Robert Hudson, Jr., on June 19th.
and his wife, the birh of Copenbaven
John D. Epps is now pr-acticing with Browder, Russell, Morris & Butcher in Richmond at the new James Center. Robert C. Gerr-inger, of Houston, 'Iexas, is a member of a 14 man firm specializing in litigation on the defense side. Included in his practice is medical malpractice, workers compensation, auto, and toxic torts. He is single but has been dating a native Houstonian for about a year. He says, "Y'all come down and visit us!" Joan April McGuigan joined two other attorneys in October, 1985 at The Buckley Group, a nationwide company providing legal search services to law firms and corporatc legal departments. Kenneth Paciocco and wife, Sherry, announce the birth of their second child, Doran Thomas, born on March 6,1986. Their first child, Justin Berkley, is two years old. 1981 F. Jefferson James has left tbe Commonwealth Attorney's Office in Portsmouth and has become associated with the firm of Basnight, Creekmore, VVI'ight, Jones and Kinsel', p.c. in Chesapeake, Virginia.
In Memoriam Class
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Rosser Griffin Richmond,
1933
1939
June 2, 1986
Virginia
Richard McDearmon Richmond,
August 31, 1986
Virginia
The Hon. Harold C. Maurice Richmond,
1934
Date of Death
March 13, 1986
Virginia
William G. Brown
July 14, 1986
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
1949
Virginia S. Sims Charleston,
West Virginia
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Marla Lynn Graff is presently living and working in Richmond. She is an Assistant Attorney General with the Criminal Appellate Section.
Edward V. O'Hanlan, U.S.N.R. of the Judge Advocate Cenernl's Corps married Chase T. Rogers, a graduate of the Boston University School of Law. Upon completion of his naval service, he plans to join the Stamford law' firm of Robinson &- Cole. 1983 Joyce C. Albro is in the Tax Litigation Division at I.R.S. Her areas of responsibility inc1ude partnerships. accounting issues and tax shelters.
at Memphis.
Pur-key, JI~ is employed by Thomas M. Ammons, Ill, Esquire. The firm concentrates in Real Estate and Condorninium Law. He married Victoria Leigh 'funis on April 12, 1986. His wife is employed as a title insurance underwriter for Pembroke Title, an agent of First American Title Insurance Company. Harr-y
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Deborah L, Rawls has just left the office of the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's attorney to join one of her major adversaries over the past three years, Moody ("Sonny") E. Stallings, JI'., t.:77, as an associate in a general crirninal and civil litigation practice. Big adjustment, but exciting! Kent P. Por-ter Commonwealth Norfolk.
is employed as an Assistant Attornev for the City of
Edmund L. Davis presently serves as a pm· secutor in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Riley, Kansas, and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas.
Alma Fitzgerald Jackson has been an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Richmond since Apr-il. EJ86.
Mar-ilyn K. Dunavant has a new position: Corporate Legal Counsel fOI' the Regional
Laurence A. Salzman has been awarded the i\lembel' of the Appraisal Institute desig-
Emroch Receives Honor Emanuel Emroch, 1:31, has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership, which is a position of honor, is by invitation of the Board of Regents. The College is a national association of 4,200 Fellows in the United States and Canada, Its purpose is to improve the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the trial branch of the profession, Mr. Emroch has also been elected the first president of the newly established Virginia Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a charter member of the organization in which membership is also by invitation.
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nation by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. He is employed as a real estate analyst by United Dominion Realty Trust and directs property acquisitions. 1985 Mary K. Costello has accepted the position of Asst. House Counsel in the Legal Dept. of Aetna Casualty &- Surety Co., Cornrnercial Insurance Division, Parsippany, N.J. effective 9/2/86 upon completion of Superior Court Judicial Clerkship. Kathleen Fugelsang has been the New York Bar and is now at wartman. Furnuso, Kelly, Snyder, a medical malpractice York.
admitted to an associate DeVerna &firm in New
David L. Pillsbury has another A new baby girl, Abigal J,'.
redhead!
John W. Steele'is practicing real estate law with Hirschler, Fleischer, Weinberg, Cox &Allen since graduation in December, 1985. He married Janet S. B. White in September of 1985.
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The above information Sch~ol Alumni
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Office prior
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to Nov. 1, 1986.
Sands) Anderson) Marks & Miller Merge With Woodward & Lacy The law firms of Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller and Woodward & Lacy announce the merger of their firms. The practice will be continued as a pr-ofessional corporation under the name Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller. The firm is now located in new offices at The Ross Building, in Richmond.
Linda
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