Class of 1971 50th Reunion Calyx April 10, 2021 Washington and Lee School of Law
Washington and Lee University Law Class of 1971 50th Reunion Calyx
April 10, 2021 Washington and Lee University School of Law Lexington, Virginia
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Roy L. Steinheimer — Dean of the Law School, J.D., University of Michigan
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Wilfred Julius Fitz, J.S.D. Marcus L. Plant, J.D. Joseph Edward Ulrich, L.L.B.
Lawrence D. Gaughan, J.D., LL.B. Lewis Henry LaRue, LL.B.
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Robert Hanes Gray, J.S.D.
Charles Porterfield Light Jr., M.A., J.D.
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Andrew Wolfe McThenia, M.A., LL.B.
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James W. H. Stewart, LL.M. Charles V. Laughlin, J.S.D.
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THE LAW REVIEW Row 1: Sherwin Jacobs, John Parkins, Sam P. Painter, Tom Cox, Jay Turner. Row 2: Bill Quisenberry, Mark Heatwole, Steve Annand, Ben Williams, Robert R. Hatten, Tom McLachlen. Row 3: Stewart M. Hurtt, James W. Jennings, Jr., Paul
Seated: Bill Walker, Robb Hartmann. Standing: Jack King, Jerry Roehl, David Baird, Tom Province, Al Orgain
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Gardener, John J. L. Markham, Richard F. Boye, Brandon C. Martin, Row 4: Craig A. Nielsen, Louise W. Flynn, Jr., Philip A. Wallace, Lock Handley, John A. Wolf, James A. Philpott, Jr., Eugene M. Elliott, James Blanchard
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STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION Front: Lawson Turner, Al Orgain, Bill Anderson, Bobby Hatten; Rear: Ken Scott, D. B. Ross, Charlie Bishop, Rob Hartmann, Rich Boyer, Scott Patterson, John Griffith, Steve Strickler, Frank Selbe
OFFICERS (1ST SEM.): Rob Hartmann, Tom Baker, Jim Philpott
OFFICERS (2ND SEM.): Bill Anderson, Treasurer, Lawson Turner, Vice President, Al Orgain, President, Bob Hatten, Secretary
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NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION Moot Court Team: Phil Gardner, John Markham, Steve Annand
LEGAL AID AND RESEARCH ASSOCATION Jim Dawson, Jim McMahon, Peter Van Dine, Ben Williams, Jim Madewell, John Lane
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Dennis Angel ’71L 8 High Point Lane Scarsdale, NY 10583 (914) 472-4178 dangelesq@aol.com Spouse: Linda Angel City and state from which you came to W&L Law: New York Undergraduate school: St. Lawrence University, B.A. 1968 Influence of W&L Law on your life: W&L gave me the knowledge and tools to become a successful attorney. Influential course or professor: Joseph Ulrich – unfair competition; Andrew McThenia, Jr. – great advice to specialize Favorite W&L Law memory: Tubing down Bean’s Bottom on Maury River Brief reflection/bio: A noted authority on United States and foreign copyright law as well as specialized area of legal protection of literary titles. Prior to founding The Law Offices of Dennis Angel in 1977, I was an associate for four years at the law firm of Johnson & Tannenbaum. Since 1977, I have given legal opinions as to the availability of titles for numerous television shows and motion pictures as well as opinions involving the ownership of motion picture and related rights in the United States and abroad. I am the author of several noteworthy articles including “Works Made For Hire UnderS.22,” cited by then U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg who stated, “We are particularly impressed by scholarly commentary,” referring to my article and several others, in the landmark case of Community For Creative Non-Violence v. James Earl Reid. My article “Legal Protection For Titles In The Entertainment Industry” has often been relied upon by the motion picture industry and is cited in both “Nimmer on Copyright” and “McCarthy On Trademarks.” I am also the author of “International Copyright Protection of United States Works.” (continued on next page)
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I am listed in Marquis’ “Who’s Who in the World” (19842018), “Who’s Who In American Law” (since 1983), “Who’s Who In Entertainment”, and have received Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating (AV). A graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A. 1969), I have received Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University in 1972. Also, a member of the National New York Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Copyright Society of the USA and a member of law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta. I live in Scarsdale, New York with my wife Linda. We have three daughters, Stephanie, Michele and Rebecca and three grandsons, Ben, Ryan and Charlie and a granddaughter Remi. Dennis Angel
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David L. Baird, Jr. (Dave) ’71L 5050 Woodway Drive, #6J Houston, TX 77056 (713) 818-5752 dlbairdjr@cs.com Spouse: Stephanie Earthman Baird City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Irving, TX Undergraduate school: Austin College, Sherman, TX Influence of W&L Law on your life: Significant in both my professional and personal life. The analytical skills learned plus reinforced appreciation for values of integrity, honor and respect have served me well in all aspects of my life after W&L. Influential course or professor: Constitutional Law & Evidence. Lewis (Lash) LaRue Favorite W&L Law memory: Several: Some crazy times with classmates in break room in basement of Tucker Hall; Spring/fall parties with classmates at places along the Maury River; Third year folks comparing rejection letters from potential employers. Brief reflection/bio: I joined the Law Department of ExxonMobil (then Humble Oil) in Houston in 1971 and spent the next 31+ years with the company. During that time I held various positions in Law, Public Affairs and Management, including its Washington, DC Representative, Asia Pacific General Council, and Corporate Secretary. We moved a lot living in Texas several times, Washington, Connecticut and Hong Kong. After my retirement, Stephanie and I started a wine import/distribution company in Texas (BevCo International) which we sold in 2014. Stephanie then continued her wine education activities and I may law practice under our current umbrella of Baird LWT Consulting LLC. It keeps us off the streets. Re activities, we have a ranch near Houston where we spend weekends, and we enjoy jogging, hiking, golf and travel, I completed my 6th climb up Pikes Peak in 2020, but I’m pretty sure I won’t attempt that again. (continued on next page) 14—W&L Law 1971-2021
Our children David, III, Melissa and Amy are doing well in their careers and granddaughter Hazel keeps us on our toes. I continue as a member of the Texas and US Supreme Court Bars. Stephanie and I are active in several volunteer organizations. She is on the Board of Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, and I’m on the Boards of Christus Healthcare, Child Advocates of Houston, & Executive Service Corps. In short, it’s been a great life with hopefully more to come, and much of that I credit to my W&L Law experience. David Baird
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James J. Dawson (Jim) ’68, ’71L 6215 Mossway Baltimore, MD 21212 (410) 334-0936 james.dawson1@comcast.net Spouse: Arline Stephan City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Baltimore, MD Undergraduate school: Washington and Lee ’68 Influence of W&L Law on your life: My W&L degrees have always eased and enhanced access to many varied and interesting professional, personal, and social opportunities Influential course or professor: Professors McThenia, Ritz and Ulrich Favorite W&L Law memory: Chairing the Legal Assistance Program at the Federal Prison in Alderson, West Virginia. Brief reflection/bio: I practiced corporate law with a Baltimore firm until 1979 when I left to pursue a more rewarding career in school administration at Lawrenceville and then in higher education fundraising at Virginia Tech, Delaware, and Rutgers, from which I retired in 2011 after 12 years as V.P. of the Rutgers University Foundation. Jim Dawson
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Guy M. Glenn ’67, ’71L 15808 Sandridge Road Long Beach, WA 98631-6307 (360) 783-2005 oceanic@centurytel.net Spouse: Carolyn C. Glenn Undergraduate school: Washington and Lee University Brief reflection/bio: Married Carolyn Cummings of Washington, DC in 1970. Have three children – Guy Jr. 48, Carrie 46 and Tucker 41. There are 13 grandchildren including them all. The career includes the following – Tax Accountant Ernst and Ernst, Houston, TX; Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Douglas County, Washington; Elected Prosecutor/ Coroner, Pacific County, Washington; Part owner and president of a seafood processing company with three location from Crescent City, CA to Warrenton, Oregon; State District Court Judge; State Superior Court Judge; Superintendent of schools, Ocean Beach School district 101 (1200 students K-12); Board of Directors Ocean Spray Cranberries, 12 years – Chairman of compensation committee; Board of Directors Raymond Federal Bank, Raymond, Washington 36 years; Cranberry Farmer – Jubilee Farms; active current law practice Long Beach, Washington. Bumps in the road include having the seafood company go out of business due to the economy of the early eighties and double El Nino. Also, lost a hard fought election to retain the Supreme Court Judge’s position. Interestingly Ocean Spray Cranberries, upon my retirement from the board, contributed $2,000 to the University as recognition to the school that provided the education that I had received here that helped enable me to be an effective director. A notable recognition to the University from my fellow 600+ growers of the Co-op. So far health is holding out for both Carolyn and me. We continue to own two properties in Rockbridge County – Buffalo Bend cabin and Rose Hill farm both located south of Lexington on Buffalo Creek. You should consider staying at Rose Hill on your next visit to Lexington as it is one of the Seven “Hill” homes located on an active cattle farm on 360 acres. Check it out on VRBO.com. Guy Glenn W&L Law 1971-2021—17
Robin P. Hartmann (Rob) ’71L 5318 Drane Drive Dallas, TX 75209 (214) 215-0516 hartmann@haynesboone.com Spouse: Lanay N. Hartmann City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Virginia Beach, VA Undergraduate school: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Influence of W&L Law on your life: Indelibly marked by another W&L Law graduate, Dick Haynes, whose new firm I joined in 1971 and remain until this day. Haynes Boone is now largest Dallas based law firm with over 600 lawyers in US and overseas. Could not have been a better experience developing a trial practice with emphasis on antitrust, white collar crime, etc. Influential course or professor: Roy Steinheimer, dean while I was there, was an indelible and important influence. Joe Ulrich, who taught anti-trust law, great mentor and friend. Favorite W&L Law memory: Daughter, Rogers, born in May 1971 and delivered by Dr. Hunter McClung, just prior to graduation. Memories, too, of many great and lasting friendships. Brief reflection/bio: Post Vietnam service, Law School was a time for family and earnest pursuit of what was to become a life-long career. W&L atmosphere and values helped to give me the foundation for the many good years that followed. The natural beauty of Lexington and the surrounding areas were conducive to calm, concentration and appreciation of opportunity afforded by W&L Law School. Rob Hartmann
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Jackson A. Hauslein, Jr. (Jack) ’66, ’71L 12005 Holly Crest Court Great Falls, VA 22066-1206 (703) 430-8783 jhauslein@cox.com Spouse/Partner Name: Suzanne Wickersham Undergraduate School: Washington and Lee University Brief Refection/Bio: In summer of 1971, I married Suzanne Wickersham from Kennewick, Washington. We have lived in Fairfax County, VA for forty-eight years and have three daughters and five grandchildren. Our oldest daughter, Jennifer, lives in Leesburg, VA. Jennifer is a graduate of Virginia Tech and works in women’s retail for Nordstrom. Our middle daughter, Emily, lives in Calverton, VA (Fauquier County) with her husband and two daughters. Emily is a graduate of James Madison and manages a retail business in Warrenton, VA. Our youngest daughter, Jackie, lives in Warrenton, VA with her husband, daughter and two sons. Jackie is a graduate of Sweet Briar and is a Librarian at the high school level in Prince William County, VA. With all our immediate family in Northern VA, we enjoy many family gatherings in the course of a year. I am past president of the Herndon, VA Rotary Club and former Junior Warden of the vestry of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Herndon. I am currently serving on the Board of Directors of St. Timothy’s Pre-School. I also volunteer at the Bargain Loft, a charity thrift shop. I am an active gardener and enjoy jogging, walking, swimming, traveling and antiquing. We have a beach cottage on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks of north Carolina and try to get there three or four times a year. Our next trip is in August to Denmark, Bosnia and Russia. Finally, I would say seven of the best years of my life were spent at W&L. Jack Hauslein
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Walton M. Jeffress, Jr. (Walt) ’71L 5404 Kennington Place Fairfax, VA 22032-3253 (703) 405-8321 wmj777@aol.com Spouse/Partner Name: Suellen D. Jeffress City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Culpeper, VA Undergraduate School: Virginia Military Institute Influence of W&L Law on your life: My law school education at W&L set me on a great path to begin my career. Influential Course or Professor: Constitutional Law Favorite W&L Law memory: Dedication and excellence of all the Law faculty as well as Dean Light and Dean Steinheimer who gave me great advice and instruction. Brief Refection/Bio: I have been practicing for 33 years in Fairfax, VA, in the areas of Trust and Estates. My education at W&L gave me the confidence that I could obtain additional degrees in law. I obtained two Master of Laws degrees from the National Law Center of George Washington University in Environmental Law (1976) and Taxation (1989). The degree in Taxation was important for my Trusts and Estates career. The degree in Environmental Law was important to the beginning of my career in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps where I served for 20 years before retirement. After obtaining the Environmental Law degree, I became the Principal Environmental Attorney for Headquarters, Department of the Army. Later, under a delegation of authority, I represented the consumer interests of all Federal Executive Agencies in various proceedings arising from the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in 1979. Of course, in the military I served in many positions of responsibility at the Pentagon and other assignments in the United States and overseas where I became a Veteran of Foreign Wars. Walt Jeffress 20—W&L Law 1971-2021
Reverdy H. Jones, III (Rev) ’71L 510 Willow Ridge Circle Prosper, TX 75078-8351 (972) 347-9506 dotjns@aol.com Spouse: Dorothy D. Jones Undergraduate School: Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA Brief reflection/bio: After a short time on active duty in the U.S. Army and six years in the Army Reserves, I retired as Captain in Judge Advocate General. I joined Furbee, Amos, Webb and Critchfield in Fairmont, WV practicing Real Estate Law. Three years later, I formed a partnership, Higinbotham, Jones and Higinbotham. During that time, I did mostly Real Estate and Bankruptcy Law, wrote new Charter for the City of Fairmont, and became Mental Hygiene Commissioner. I was active in Junior Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross, Rotary International, Junior Warden at Christ Episcopal Church, and Vice Chairman of Marion County Democratic Party. After even years practicing law in Fairmont, I accepted an offer from Exxon in the Land Department, and we moved to Houston, TX. A few years later, I joined Anadarko Petroleum Corporation supervising land contracts and negotiations, later becoming Land Supervisor for North America. Over the years, I put together oil and gas fields traveling all over the U.S. and Canada. I was active in the local land managers association and helped start a chapter in North Houston serving as president and later as national director for 10 years. I coached my two sons’ soccer teams and enjoyed tennis and golf. Retiring in 2003, Dottie and I moved to Prosper, TX to be near our sons and their families. We have enjoyed watching our grandchildren grow up and gathering most Sundays for dinner at our home. During retirement, I have been volunteering at our local food bank, on a committee to write a Charter for the Town of Prosper, relaxing with a good book, and playing gold with friends. We travel abroad often and enjoy a month a year in Mazatlán, Mexico. Rev Jones
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Charles Corling Lewis (Charlie) ’68, ’71L P. O. Box 296 Buies Creek, NC 27506 910-893-5544 curlynge@gmail.com Spouse: Jeanne G. Lewis Undergraduate School: Washington and Lee University Brief reflection/bio: After graduation from the W&L law school in June of 1971, I managed to pass the Virginia Bar exam on the first try and became a member of the Virginia State Bar, of which I remain a member, although I am now retired. Realizing with regret that I could no longer live in Lexington, I began the practice of law with the firm of Tiffany and Tiffany in Warrenton, Virginia, in August of 1971. Both of the Tiffanys, father and son, were Washington and Lee graduates, so we all got along very well. I subsequently became a partner in the law firm and got my name on the brass plaque with the firm’s new name of Tiffany, Tiffany and Lewis. Despite its location so close to Washington, D.C., Warrenton, much like Lexington, was a very pleasant, small town and also the county seat. I was a deacon and then an elder in the Warrenton Presbyterian Church, and I also served on the Warrenton Town Planning Commission. More importantly, while my wife, Jeanne, and I were living there, our two children were born, Rebecca Dollins Lewis and Brooke Corling Lewis. Both are now married and each have three children. Almost seven years after I started the practice of law in Warrenton, I began to wonder if there wasn’t an easier way to earn a living than practicing law! So I began to think about teaching the law instead of practicing it. On a trip passing through Lexington, I finally had the nerve to stop by the law school and see Dean Steinheimer in his office. I put the question to him: “Would my seven years of experience in a small Virginia law firm qualify me for a teaching position in a law school?” He looked me in the face and asked one short question in his usual deep voice, “Were you Coif?” That three-worded question changed the course of my life. It first took me back in my memory to our law school graduation when I sat down and opened the graduation program and happily saw “Order of the Coif ” printed by my name, so I was thankfully able to say “yes” as an answer to the Dean’s (continued on next page) 22—W&L Law 1971-2021
question. He then answered my original question by encouraging me to “stick my toes in the water” and see if I enjoyed teaching law. He told me exactly how I should go about looking for a teaching position, and he even wrote down on paper some notes for me to follow in my search for a teaching position. I followed his instructions carefully and in 1978 I was able to resign from the law firm in Warrenton to become an assistant professor of law at the newly established Campbell University School of Law in Buies Creek, North Carolina, where I became a charter member of that faculty. I apparently made the grade of a law professor there since I was subsequently promoted to associate professor of law and then full professor of law. Two of my associates at the law school, one the associate dean, and the other, a law professor, were W&L graduates. With the swift passage of time, I ended up teaching at the Campbell law school for 34 years, first in Buies Creek, where I still live, and then later in Raleigh, North Carolina, after the law school moved there. Upon my retirement from the law school in 2012, I was granted the rank of law professor emeritus. I was also awarded North Carolina’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the governor of North Carolina for my 25 years of service on the North Carolina General Statutes Commission, on which I served the last 7 years as its chairman. In addition, I was pleased to be awarded membership in the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Golden Harp, a society that includes fewer than a hand full of members outside the Emerald Isle. Although I taught a number of different law school courses at Campbell, would you believe that I actually taught the Uniform Commercial Code every semester for all of my 34 years of law school teaching? I never would have dreamed in a million years when I was in Dean Steinheimer’s UCC class that I would end up teaching that same course for 34 years! Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to tell Dean Steinheimer that I was following in his footsteps. I should add that my most cherished complement for my law school teaching ability came one year while I was reviewing the UCC in a bar review course that I taught during the evenings in a number of North Carolina law schools. After my review ended in a session I gave at the University of North Carolina, I recognized one of my former Campbell law students who came up to talk to me while everyone else was leaving the class room. We chatted for a moment, and then he told me an incredible story. He said that during the review session he sat beside a student who told him (continued on next page) W&L Law 1971-2021—23
that I reminded him of the professor who had taught him the UCC in his law school back in Virginia! Yes, that student had indeed graduated from Washington & Lee’s law school, and the professor I reminded him of was none other than Dean Steinheimer! Now that I have been retired from teaching for some 8 years, I think I have forgotten almost all I ever knew about the UCC, so please don’t ask me any question relating to the UCC, or any other legal question, for that matter! I now spend most of my time in retirement writing down the family stories about our ancestors so that I can pass them on to my children and grandchildren. Whenever I have a legal question, I just call up one of my former law students, and I always marvel at what they know about the law and how much I have forgotten! Charlie Lewis
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John F. Lillard ’69, ’71L 8 Louden Lane Annapolis, MD 21401-1219 (410) 268-8456 johnlillard@verizon.net Spouse: Laura Reimer Lillard Undergraduate School: Washington and Lee University Brief Refection/Bio: We certainly got a great state in our legal careers under Deans Light and Steinheimer. Having practiced with Shearman & Sterling, Donovan Leisure, Reed Smith and Department of Justice, I took the reins of our family firm Lillard & Lillard (founded in the 1890s by my great-great-uncle, then joined by granddad, father, uncle, and now wife) and haven’t missed a meal in 50 years somehow. Settling claims with mediation and negotiation, we refer a small percentage of clients for litigation to the busiest trial firms. Married to Laura Reimer Lillard, Hofstra Law School, we have two sons, Cort and Martin, daughter Kelly, two Golden Retrievers, 9 horses, and 15 cats, as Laura trains horses and riders at our farm. We commute weekly between our Annapolis home/office and Long Island farm/office. John Lillard
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James V. McMahon (Jim) ’71L P. O. Box 955 (792 N. 2rd Avenue) Patagonia, AZ 85624 (602) 792-9823 james_mcmahon24@msn.com Spouse: Widower, P.K. McMahon City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Speedway, Indiana Undergraduate school: Virginia Military Institute Influential course or professor: Dean Steinheimer and Uniform Commercial Code Favorite W&L Law memory: While working in the Law Library, Ms. Moore, the law librarian, notified me about a collection of leather-bound law books, dating back hundreds of years, that needed to be catalogued and would I be interested. After thinking about it, I decided to undertake the challenge. Every afternoon for a semester, I would spend a couple of hours in the basement of one of the school dormitories, together with General Lee’s famous horse, Traveler, who, by that time had lost all his coat and was just skull and bones, in a display case, and catalogue on three by five cards. You may be sure that every work-day I paid my respects to my famous friend and gave him my best. Brief reflection/bio: After seven years in Lexington, only interrupted by five years in the Air Force, P.K., who helped put me through law school, our daughter, Paisley, and I headed for Washington, D.C. to become legislative aid to Congressman J. Kenneth Robinson, 7th District of Virginia. After four years, when an invitation came from a Savings and Loan in Phoenix to help them with a new savings and loan law being considered by the Arizona legislature, I accepted the job and we moved to Phoenix where we lived for the next thirty-two years. Following fourteen in the S&L world, I started practicing law, primarily as a sole practitioner or with a partner, doing transactional work, usually in real estate, estate planning, business formation. Probate and financial institutions work. Starting in 2007 P.K. and I found (continued on next page) 26—W&L Law 1971-2021
ourselves living in an adobe home in the Patagonia mountains, twelve miles from the Mexican border, and the began my life as a part-time country lawyer. After fifty-two years of marriage, P.K. passed away during the summer of 2018. My practice will probably end this year. My walking four miles a day will hopefully not end. Jim McMahon
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Scott G. Patterson ’71L Box 72 Easton, MD 21601 (410) 770-8060 tarheel@goeaton.net Spouse: Robin Patterson City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Chevy Chase, MD Undergraduate school: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Influence of W&L Law on your life: Learning the immense value of having attended a co-education undergraduate university. Influential course or professor: Wilfred Ritz Favorite W&L Law memory: Living at Bluegrass Farm Tubing on the Goshen Regularly having coffee with Betty Munger in the Bookstore Weekends in Chapel Hill Being exempted from Professor Stewart’s Income Tax Course Brief reflection/bio: State’s Attorney, Talbot County, 1983-86, and currently since 1989 Assistant State’s Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1975-83 Assistant State’s Attorney, Mongtomery County, 1972-75 Special Assistant to Maryland Attorney General, 1975 Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1971 University of North Carolina, A.B. (political science), 1968 Law clerk to Judge Irving A. Levine, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 1971-72. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Admitted to United States Supreme Court 2015; Associate Attorney, Campen & Walsworth, P.A., 1986-92. Associate Attorney, Cowdrey, Thompson & Karsten, P.A., 1992-99, Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1997-99, (continued on next page)
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2001-03, 2009-11, 2013-; judicial selections committee). President, Talbot County Bar Association, 2011-11. Member, Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association (board of directors; president, 1993-95, 200709; past chair, training committee; past chair, legislative committee). State Director, National District Attorneys Association, 2007, 2016-. Vice-President, National District Attorneys Association, 2014-2017. Member, State Attorneys’ Coordination Council, 1990-92; State Board of Victim Services, 1990-92; Judicial Liaison Committee, `992-96. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Talbot County, 2004-; Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2008-14; Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules and Procedure, 2008-15; Governor’s Family Violence Council, 2008-; Maryland State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, 2008-; Task Force to Study Crime Classification and Penalties, 2019-. Scott Patterson
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Jerrald J. Roehl (Jerry) ’71L 6633 Guadalupe Trail N.W. Los Ranchos, NM 87107-6201 (505) 255-5452 jerry@roehl.com Spouse: Nancy M. Roehl Undergraduate School: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Brief reflection/bio: Married for forty-four years to Nancy, four children, two of whom are lawyers and one of whom practices with me, and seven grandchildren, ages nine to three. Early on I started doing civil jury trials, first FELA cases, workers comp and auto accidents, defending AT & SF Rwy. Co. and insurance companies while working for two different firms. In 1976 I started my own firm and persuaded a few of the insurance companies and GMAC to follow me. The firm’s practice has always emphasized products liability and medical malpractice. In 1985, I started to “see the light” representing injured folks rather than huge corporations when I was retained in three large plaintiffs’ cases, one of which involved the explosion of a natural gas well while it was being drilled and another of which involved the crash of the University of New Mexico (UNM) Hospital emergency helicopter. I tried the latter and got a jury verdict in 1988 which was then the second largest ever for a single wrongful death in New Mexico. The case involving the natural gas well explosion led to my developing a super-subspecialty in trying gas and oil well explosion cases, one of which in 1992 resulted in my obtaining the largest jury verdict ever at the time in New Mexico in a personal injury case. I’m still working full-time and have written a book, a fictional account of my trial involving the emergency helicopter crash which the UNM Press intends to publish later this year. I have argued cases at all levels of the state and federal judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court. I was active years ago in bar associations serving as President of the New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association and in the American Bar Association I was on the governing councils of three difference sections and was on the ABA Journal Board of Advisors. (continued on next page) 30—W&L Law 1971-2021
My father and I were very close and he was my mentor. In 1996 I established the Roehl Circle of Honor for Trial Lawyers in his name at our State Bar Center and each year we induct new members. In 2005 I started a charitable car show at my home called Concours du Soleil where we have 80 – 100 cars and a dinner/dance for 400. We have raised over $1M for local charities. I am on the boards of trustees for the Albuquerque Community Foundation and the UNM foundation. I was on the Washington & Lee Law council. I am a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and have been continuously listed in Who’s Who in American and Who’s Who in the World since 1984 and 1986 respectively. Jerry Roehl
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Stephen A. Strickler ’71L 1124 Windsor Road Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (757) 403-8181 sstricklervb@gmail.com Spouse: Lynda G. Strickler City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Virginia Undergraduate school: Virginia Military Institute Brief reflection/bio: I am not sure whether or not I will be able to make the reunion and not sure whether it will happen, depending on the progress of this pandemic. At least we will have our vaccine shots completed by the end February. A few reflections, particularly concentrating on my first year in law school. Both involved, at the time the new Dean, Roy Steinheimer, who also taught UCC. I remember asking Dean Steinheimer for a delay in taking my exams my first semester of my freshman year because I received word of my mother’s passing away less than 24 hours prior to my first exam. He allowed me to delay the first two exams but required me to take all of my exams before the start of the second semester. A tough task master he was. I further remember that in his UCC class my second year in law school I received an “A” from him when I thought I had not done well on the exam and during the semester as well. I think it was him making up for that prior decision and forcing me to take exams. I further remember that we would be in Steinheimer’s class, on the top floor of Tucker Hall, and even after the hour lecture was up he would continue to lecture as he walked down the stairs in the old Tucker Hall. I recall his class being on the top floor and he would continue to lecture as he walked down the stairs to make sure he got everything in before the end of the hour. I remember at the end of our second year in law school when the Kent State shooting occurred and the entire university closed down just prior to exams. We were able to take our exams over the summer, which for me made it much more difficult and I am sure difficult for the rest of the class as well. Our class was quite small as I recall, maybe 65, and in those days all white (continued on next page) 32—W&L Law 1971-2021
males. At least a third of our class were VMI and W&L undergrads. Sadly, I have lost track of almost all my classmates except for Sid Kelsey and Gene Woolard. After graduation from law school I did not pass the bar the first time and decided that I would go ahead and get my Army commitment out of the way, having been a VMI undergraduate. I spent a year and a half in the Army serving as the adjutant at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas. I received an early out to take a position as an associate with the Norfolk firm, Doumar, Pincus, Knight and Harlan. That was in February, 1973. I become a junior partner at that firm five years later and stayed with the firm until June, 1988 when I left and joined the firm of Mccardle and Inman in Virginia Beach. That firm about eight years later became the firm of Inman and Strickler and that is where I am still practicing, focusing my practice primarily on workers’ compensation representing injured employees. I have not retired and anticipate that I will work until age 80, assuming good health, which I have been lucky enough to have up to this point. My wife, Lynda, and I were married the year before my last year in law school. She taught at Mountain View elementary school in Rockbridge County. We have been blessed with two daughters and now four grandchildren. One daughter resides in San Diego, California and the other in Charlottesville. Stephen Strickler
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Paul S. Trible (Paul) ’71L 1205 Riverside Drive Newport News, VA 23606-2830 (757) 594-73731 ptrible@cnu.edu Spouse: Rosemary Dunaway Trible Undergraduate school: Hampden-Sydney College, Farmville, VA Brief reflection/bio: Commonwealth’s Attorney of Essex County (1974 – 1976) United States Congressman (1977 – 1983) United States Senator (1983 – 1989) Member of the United States Delegation to the United Nations (1988) Candidate for Governor of Virginia (1989) Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1989) Lawyer/Businessman (1989 – 1995) President, Christopher Newport University (1996 to present) Children: Mary Katherine Trible Peters (husband Barrett) and Paul S. Trible, III (wife Brittany) Paul Trible
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H. William Walker, Jr. ’68, ’71L 1532 Cullasaja Club Drive Highlands, NC 28741-7283 (838) 526-8480 wwalker@adslip.com Spouse: Linda C. Walker Undergraduate school: Washington and Lee Brief reflection/bio: Following law school graduation Laura (Sweet Briar ’68) and I moved to Miami. A Miami native, she said she didn’t care where we lived as long as it was south of Ft. Lauderdale – and I began practicing real estate law with Mershon Sawyer Johnston Dunwody & Cole (which was then, with 27 lawyers, one of the largest firms in Florida). Our first son, Christopher (W&L ’94), with whom we discovered just a week or so prior to graduation that Laura was pregnant, joined us the following January, soon followed by his brother Campbell (Sewanee ’98) and sister Lynley (Duke ’00). We are now very proud grandparents four-times blessed, with two grandsons in Miami and two in Charlotte (we apparently don’t do pink very well). In 1984 I left my original law firm with three dear friends and colleagues to form Walker Ellis Gragg & Deaktor, a boutique real estatecorporate-tax boutique which we merged three years later with White & Case LLP, the New York based international firm with offices literally all over the world. Except for an 18-month hiatus when I joined a friend and client in the real estate development and investment business, I remained with White & Case until mandatory retirement about nine years ago, when I retired and joined three young former White & Case colleagues as Senior Counsel to Alvarez & Diaz-Silveira LLP (I was the token Anglo), another boutique business law firm – just enough to keep me occupied but at a pleasantly relaxed pace. Meanwhile, in 2002 I was admitted to the process of training for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, and our very accommodating diocesan Bishop permitted me to study for my Masters of Divinity in Miami rather than the normal requirement to attend a residential seminary, so that I was able to maintain a full-time practice (continued on next page) W&L Law 1971-2021—35
while studying for ordination. This, however, required that I do all my coursework and field work on nights and weekends, so the process spanned six years instead of the normal three, with another post-graduate year for the diocesan governance to accept my atypical pathway. I was ordained just short of my 65th birthday and have had the privilege of serving as Associate (church-speak for non-stipendiary) Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Parish in Coral Gables, and as Interim Rector of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Brevard, NC, while continuing that relaxed law practice. I also do supply work (standing in for priests who are sick, vacationing or otherwise temporarily unavailable) for the Diocese of Western North Carolina from time to time. Two years ago the ubiquity of South Florida traffic jams finally drove us to Highlands, NC, where we had been spending time in the summers for forty-some years (and where three or more cars at one of our three stoplights is just cause to dial 911). While I still do some legal work with my firm in Miami, the pace is deliciously moderate and it leaves plenty of time for golf and croquet. I continue to cherish my memories of W&L (and Sweet Briar), college and law, and have been looking forward our return in the spring. Bill Walker
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Gene A. Woolard ’71L 5201 Monument Avenue, Unit 2B Richmond, VA 23226 757-408-5242 757-408-5241 minklaw@gmail.com gwoolard@vacourts.gov Spouse: Anna G. Woolard City and state from which you came to W&L Law: Norfolk, VA Undergraduate school: Old Dominion University Influence of W&L Law on your life: W&L gave me the legal tools for a successful legal and judicial career. Influential Course or Professor: Charles P. Light was my most influential professor because of his intellect, gentility and compassion. I have tried to model myself after him in all of my legal endeavors and in life generally. Favorite W&L Law memory: Honor Code, camaraderie among classmates, late nights in the library at Tucker Hall, helping inmates at the Federal Prison at Alderson Federal Prison in West Virginia, legal research for practicing attorneys, Fridays at Red Square, trips to Sweet Briar, and weekends at Goshen Pass or on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Brief Refection/Bio: After graduation, I went to work for the Norfolk City Attorney where I expected to work in corporate law, never expecting to appear I court. However, circumstances caused me to have to go to Court for the City and I discovered that I was good at it and liked it. In a short period of time I was recruited to work in the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office where I remained for over six years becoming Chief Deputy Commonwealth Attorney. While serving as a prosecutor, I attended the National District Attorney College at the University of Houston and served as a faculty adviser for several years afterwards. In 1978, I left the prosecutor’s office for private practice, alternating between a solo practice and small firms for the remainder of my legal career (continued on next page)
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before becoming a judge. In 1979, I ran unsuccessfully for the Virginia House of Delegates. During my legal career, like most attorneys, I was a member of numerous civic organizations and clubs. I was appointed by the General Assembly to the Chesapeake Bay ASAP Board and served 17 years on the board, several as Chairman. I was also appointed by the Virginia Beach City Council to the Virginia Beach Community Corrections Board, serving for eight years, two as Chairman. The Council also appointed me to the Virginia Beach Human Rights commission, where I served for nine years and Chairman for three, as the first non-minority chairman. I was active in the ODU Alumni Association serving as President for two years. I was on the Norfolk International Azalea Festival Committee for four years, chairing the parade for two years. In 1998, I was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission. Then in 2004, the Virginia General Assembly appointed me to serve as a judge of the Virginia Beach General District District Court. I was reappointed two times and retired in February of 2020, after serving a little over 15 years. I served as Chief Judge for ten years. While a judge, I attended the national Judicial College. I was the Immediate Past President of the Virginia Association of District Judges and past President of the James Kent Inn of Court. I also have been an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University and at Christopher Newport University. I married Anna Galanides in 1975 and we have two children: Angela Maria and John Justin. Both of our children work in Richmond, which is the primary reason we retired in Henrico County. In 2015 we adopted a golden retriever (“Rusty”) and he is a carry-carrying member of our family. I am presently on the Supreme Court retired judge substitute list and sit frequently in various courts in Central, Northern and Eastern Virginia. Gene Woolard
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Additional Members of the Law Class of 1971 William D. Allen Dinwiddie, VA
Bruce W. Keihner Cutler Bay, FL
Thomas F. Baker Germantown, TN
Sidney H. Kelsey Virginia Beach, VA
Charles N. Bishop Staunton, VA
James D. Madewell Cookeville, TN
Walter J. Borda Northville, MI
Craig A. Nielsen Annapolis, MD
Henry H. Brant Marion, VA
Richard A. Pizzi Nokomis, FL
Ralph T. Brown Chattanooga, TN
John T. Province Madison, VA
Albert V. Carr Lexington, VA
James C. Reeves Lynchburg, VA
James S. Cheslock San Antonio, TX
James M. Slay Westminster, MD
John R. Cross Tucson, AZ
Philip C. Thompson Atlanta, GA
Frank G. Davidson Lynchburg, VA
James M. Turner Roanoke, VA
Barry L. Flora Roanoke, VA
Peter M. Van Dine Doylestown, PA
Rex H. Garrett Holden, ME
Joseph H. Webb North Myrtle Beach, SC
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IN MEMORIAM Deceased Alumni from the Class of 1971L
h Donald E. Earls Reinhard W. Fischer William M. Gravatt David J. Kantor John B. King Hugh B. Lynn Alan D. Madden John T. Morse Albert M. Orgain Beverly C. Read John O. Seibert Charles R. Walters McDonald Wellford John P. White Benjamin A. Williams
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