Class of 1971
(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)
Aubrey Harwell and Mike Kaplan are among several Vanderbilt law alumni who have been listed as "Best Lawyers in America" each year for the entire 25 years the listing has been published. Others including Ted Pappas '49, James Gooch '67, Jim Cheek '67, Jim Neal '57, Bill Ozier '69 and R. Grafton Brown '59. Posted 6-29-09
Philip Lyle Brook died on November 12, 2008, in Jackson, Mississippi, after a long illness. Phillip graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University, where he earned a B.S. in chemistry. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity and the fencing team. After earning his law degree with honors at Vanderbilt, he worked several years as a patent lawyer for Proctor & Gamble Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio, before moving to Memphis, where he was a partner with the former law firms of Rosenfield Borod Fones & Bogatin and Williams Benham Darden McNeil & Brooke. He later served as General Counsel for W. R. Grace Companies' Chemical Division in Memphis. In addition to being an accomplished pianist, he was fond of sailing, chess, and reading a good book. Phillip is survived by two daughters. Posted 12-08
James C. Holman, a partner at Whiteford Taylor & Preston in Baltimore, died of congestive heart failure on June 16, 2008. He was 61 and had been at Whiteford for nearly 30 years. A former president of the board of Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland, Holman was active in the organization until his death. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Jim earned an LL.M. from George Washington University in 1974. He served in the Army at Fort Holabird, clerked in the Tax Court in Washington, D.C., and practiced law in Kansas City, Missouri, before joining Whiteford in 1979. He is survived by his sister, Eleanor Sigmon, and her family. Posted 8-26-08
Mike Milom and three others are leaving the Nashville, Tennessee law firm of Bass Berry & Sims to form a new entertainment law firm named Milom Joyce Horsnell & Crow. The group's clients include Publishing Group of America, DreamWorks SKG, Arista, Interscope, Crysalis, RCA Records, and Skaggs Family Records, among many others.
John LeCornu died August 7, 2007, of cancer. John was a retired Marine colonel who had lived in Annapolis since 1980. He had served as an assistant state's attorney for Anne Arundel County from 1988 to 2004 and had a private law practice in Annapolis. He graduated in 1961 from the Naval Academy and was commissioned into the Marine Corps infantry. During his 27-year career in the Marines, John served in Vietnam and had two tours at the Naval Academy as a company and battalion officer. He earned his law degree from Vanderbilt while in the service and was in the Judge Advocate General Corps for 16 years before retiring from the military in 1988. He is survived by his wife, Linda.
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