Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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gbzoflffac On a balmy day in Iune in the year 1970, a large, black, chauffeur-driven Cadillac pulled up before an enormous, gray, newly-completed edifice on Derne Street in Boston. Five distinguished looking men alighted from the automobile and gazed adrniringly upward at the modern structure towering above them. Inscribed in stone above the entrance were the words, Administration Building-Suffolk University and Law School. The first to step out of the car was Edmund Dinis, United States Senator from Massachusetts. The others follow- ing him were United States Congressmen: Don Catherwood, Robert Churchill, Charles Bur- kins and Arnold Brown. Their purpose in absenting themselves from the arduous affairs of state in Washington was to attend the dedication ceremonies of the recently constructed Suffolk University building which now encompassed two entire city blocks. They now walked toward the main entrance to go in through the massive bronze doorway, when suddenly their attention was diverted by the sound of a firm but friendly voice shouting, It's agin the law to park there! Turning the found themselves confronted by Commissioner of Police Bill Brooks. The question of illegal parking was momentarily forgotten as the former classmates recognized and greeted each other eagerly. It was al- most as if time had receded two decades and their thoughts turned back to this spot where they now stood, and where they had met before so many years ago. Then they began a conversation which, had a record been kept, would give rather a complete history of what had happened during the past twenty years to the graduating class of 1950 of Suffolk Law School. Fortunately, some unknown eavesdropper managed to record the conversation, and this is what was said: Our class turned out some very big men. Perhaps you remember that Mayor Hynes of Boston once said that he knew there were at least a dozen men in our class capable of being mayors. Well, four of our boys have achieved such success. Who are they? Well, Mel Louison was recently elected Mayor of Taunton: Al Cohen is serving his second term as Mayor of Peabody: and Sumner Edelstein is City Manager of Revere. Since East Boston decided to secede, they have elected Iose Malgeri, Mayor. Talking about Ioe, his three children, Ioe Ir., Vinney and Steve are all attending Suffolf Law School. In the old days we used to wonder just what the future held for us, but it sems that our class has done very well for itself. We also graduated quite a few judges: Andy Parisi is Chief Iustice of the Supreme Iudicial Court, and two of his associates are Al Valliere and Al Norman. Justice Norman is known as the 'great dissenter'! We have good representation on the other benches as well. Pete Makris now sits in the Criminal Session of the Superior Court. tHe's not on trial-he's the judge!J I still remember that A he received in Criminal Law. Ioe Hegarty sits on the Civil Session of the Superior Court. Dick Bonasera is a Iustice of the Probate Court. He was Secre- tary of our class, if you recall. lim Martin is a Iudge in the Massachusetts Land Court. He was one fellow who could dig up weird legal problems. Hugh Morgan's domain is in the Wakefield District Court. A 1 And guess who sits in the Iuvenile Delinquency Session of the Municipal Court-Sonny Fox. Teeven used to call him 'Funny Sox'. Sonny was the youngest man in the class but he certainly was not the shortest nor the one with the weakest voice!

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glzopgscy - c7OlZfl:lZLLEC! Larry O'Donnell, our Class President, is now Attorney General of the Commonwealth, as you probably know: Tom O'Brien and Gene Sullivan are now Assistant Attorney Gen- erals. Those boys were always determined and are doing fine jobs. We have cornered the market as far as District Attorneys go. Listen to this list: Ioe Clancy, Essex County: lack Pollis, Suffolk County: Dick Fortier, Middlesex, and Tony Di-Pardo, Norfolk. Tony's son, Bob, is following in his father's footsteps by attending Suffolk Law School. Mike Santorsola, al- ways popular, has recently been named Attorney General of the State of Maine. He is still treasurer of the Suffolk Club of Boston. I met Paul Shagoury the other day: he's Dean of the Law School now, and he said that he received two letters from the Attorney Generals of Egypt, Ahmed Farra and Salam Dajaini. They expressed a hope that they might visit this country forthe dedication. Those fellows did very well at Suffolk, and were always at the top of the class. Some of Boston's largest and most successful law firms are composed of Suffolk men. The noted law firm of Duffy and Dowd has just added a new partner, Pasquale Pannesi. That's a combination which is hard to beat! And guess what? Barrett and Barrett have just merged with Mulkern and Mulkern. . Is that so? What are they going to call the firm, Mulret Inc.? Remember Irv Goodman? He is now Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston. He had the honor of writing one of the finest bar examinations in many years. Sam Cinamon now has the reputation of being the most prominent criminal lawyer in the State. His boom- ing voice has rung out often in the interests of justice-not only in the courts-but wherever human rights were being infringed. In school, if you remember, he often arose to lend his voice to what he considered a just cause. Most of the other fellows are doing quite well. Bill Currier is kept very busy attending to his law practice down in Hingham and also in managing his chain of Italian restaurants which specialize in piza. Sumner Bauman and Bill Esip have just been appointed to the Board of Bar Examiners. They say that they will recommend Suffolk Law graduates be excused from taking the bar examinations, and be automatically admitted to the practice of law. Their theory on the subject is that no other law school offers such a well-developed technique of teaching, and that if a man gets through three years there, his taking the examination would be only a waste of time because it is a foregone conclusion that he would pass. George Blaine has written a treatise on legal ethics which has been lauded and cited by many courts. Armand Bogosian has been teaching at Harvard for some time where he has succeeded Samuel Williston as the outstanding authority on the Law of Contracts. Many of our former classmates are now engaged in teaching law: Iohn B'Smith at Suffolk, Al Gal- ber at Boston University, Bill Cranfield at Northeastern and Bill Kasilowski at Boston College. The Suffolk influence is spreading far and wide. Dick Barry is now conducting a very suc- cessful bar review. A high percentage of his students have passed the bar. Manny Ramos has just ben appointed by the President to the post of General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. George Doyle, of course, you know is making head- lines as President of the American Federation of Labor. 'Veep' Masterman has just been named President of the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Ed always had a talent for organi- zation and should do wonders to attract new industries and visitors to Boston.