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Admit it, now that we are of a certain age, music with comprehensible melodies and words are better appreciated than before. Rod Stewart, Merle Haggard and Queen Latifa, among others, are all peddling the 'American songbook" to our generation. Talking 'bout my generation. Frank Sinatra sings sentimentally of "very good years." According to Sinatra, ages 17, 21 and 35 are all very good years. But what comes after 35? The autumn of the year, when the days grow short! And all you can do is drink vintage wine from fine old kegs, all the way to the dregs! (Actually, that part sounds pretty good.) Folks, the calendar may say spring, but the autumn leaves are falling. So, plan now to attend our 25 th reunion this June in Hanover before winter catches you unaware and ices you in.
Peter Mellette started off this very good year by opening his own law practice, focused on serving health care clients. Peters office is in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Now that the country seems destined for war for years to come, you may wish to read Total Warand the Law, edited by Dan Ernst and Victor Jew. The collection of essays reveals some of the challenges that Americans' commitment to the rule of law faced during World War 11. Dan is a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center.
Ed Fernandes has been recognized as one of the nations top trial lawyers by the National LawJournal. His Texas peers also voted him a Texas Super Lawyer in the year 2004. Ed is with the Austin office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP After Dartmouth Ed graduated from Columbia Law School. He currently serves as a member of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Council.
Another lawyer, Peter Hutchins, has returned to the firm of Wiggin & Nourie, PA in Manchester, New Hampshire. Much of Peters time in recent years has been spent representing victims of sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Hampshire and the Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts. Peter earned his law degree at Boston College.
The Los Angeles Daily Journal named Stacy Phillips for the second straight year as one of the top 50 women litigators in California. Fifteen years ago Stacy started her own law firm, Phillips, Lerner & Lauzon. She is regarded as one of the top family law attorneys in the country, representing celebrities in film, television, music and sports. Some of her clients have included Darcy LaPier (ex-wife of Jean-Claude Van Damme and widow of Mark Hughes); Erin Everly (ex-wife of Axl Rose of Guns 'N Roses); Darryl Strawberry (former New York Yankees outfielder); Deborah Shelton (former Miss USA); Toni Taupin (ex-wife of Bernie Taupin) and Jonathan Kaufer (former husband of Pia Zadora), to name a few.
A graduate of Northwestern Law School, Andy Watson is a financial planner in Lincolnwood, Illinois. (The whole class cannot practice law.) If you see Andy at reunion, ask him to explain how to avoid the "Ten Deadly Financial Mistakes" retirees make in their later years.
Mike Bush is a Merrill Lynch Private Client Group financial advisor in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he has been for 19 wonderful years. Mike and his wife, Tera, have two children, Brian and Madeline, both in their teenage years. Over the years Mike has served on the boards of various charitable groups in his area, including the United Way and YMCA. Mike is an avid pilot, enjoys skiing and foreign languages, and serves as a referee for AYSO soccer.
Maybe we still have some good years left after all. See you mid-year in Hanover.
P.O.Box 9848, Savannah, GA 31412; (912) 944-1639; fax (912) 236-4936; wherring@huntemaclean.com
REUNION June 16-19 2005
