1974

Last week I had lunch with one of my partners in the criminal defense business who is still zealously representing those accused. He is presently representing one of my old clients Nathaniel Hawthorne a.k.a. John Smith on counterfeiting charges. When I represented Nat he was accused of passing altered bills. It seems he cut the corners off one dollar bills and pasted twenty dollar corners in their place. (You need only 80% of a bill intact for it to still be passable). Anyway, now he was allegedly pasting fifty-dollar corners on twentys. Not my most creative client.

Congratulations to Steven A. Sandberg, appointed to the board of directors of Cushman & Wakefield. Steve is chief general counsel and secretary for the firm, and has been responsible for the legal department since 1987. Prior to that, Steve spent five years at the Rockefeller Group as an assistant secretary and associate general counsel.

Other congratulations to David Danielson for his appointment as municipal court judge in San Diego County. David was a partner with the firm of Ault, Deuprey, Jones, Danielson & Gorman, and specialized in medical and legal malpractice. He had been a partner with the firm since 1979. He was previously an associate with the firm of Holt, Rhodes & Hollywood. David, who received his law degree from the University of San Diego, took the pay cut that accompanies the move from private practice to the bench because he felt it was important to have an impact on the judicial system.

Across the ocean, Holger Liepmann, his wife Lorraine, and children Eric 9, Kirsten 6, and Claire 4 are presently residing in his native Deutschland, where he is a top executive for Abbot Laboratories. Holger's responsibilities center on sales, management and the marketing of new products. Holger and Lorraine met at Stanford Business School (where he graduated number two in his class). You may remember Holger from his ski-team days at the Big Green.

John Polly has been nominated for the Center for Leadership Development's Minority Business and Professional Achiever's Recognition Awards in Indiana. The awards program, co-sponsored by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, honors Indiana citizens who have made meaningful contributions through their work and community service in Central Indiana.

John is an associate counsel for PSI Energy at the company's corporate offices in Plainfield. Previously, he was an attorney with the Indianapolis firm of Baker & Daniels. He earned his law degree at Harvard in 1977. John was appointed to serve on the Public Employees Relations Board by Governor Bayh in 1990. This board was created to set guidelines for elections to determine union representation for state employees. He also serves on the Kenwood Place Board and the Indianapolis Drug Program Advisory committee.

It is with a sad and heavy heart that I report the death of Ann L. Shenberger, wife of KeithShenberger. Ann was a graduate of Lebanan Valley College, where she received her B.A. in elementary education. She was an elementary school teacher, a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church, a choir member, a member of the ministry for education, and was active in the Lycoming Medical Society Auxiliary. Keith and Ann have two daughters, Molly 8 and Kassy 3. Many of you will remember Ann from Dartmouth.

Keith specialized in nematology, a subspecialty of internal medicine and focuses on arthritis and related diseases. Keith was a close friend of mine at Dartmouth and my car partner from Pottstown/Redhill, Pa., to Hanover and return. Anyone wishing to make a contribution should contact the Ann L. Shenberger Fund c/o Williamsport Hospital Foundation 777 Rural Ave., Williamsport, Pa, 17701.

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