issue 71 spring 2013 THE BULLETIN 1950 TO 2012: The Tradition Continues… See photo captions inside front fold and story p 6 >> issue 71 spring 2013 At the 2012 Annual Meeting at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City, the College’s Officers, Regents and Past Presidents dined in the Conrad Suite to reenact Emil Gumpert’s 1951 meeting with Fellows in the same room. Sixty-two years and counting: collegiality, combined with the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession remain the hallmarks of the American College of Trial Lawyers. American College of Trial Lawyers 2012 10 21 20 15 16 17 24 14 18 22 23 THE BULLETIN 13 19 12 28 11 27 26 9 25 Chancellor-Founder 8 3 7 31 Hon. Emil Gumpert 6 30 29 (1895-1982) 5 4 OFFICERS Chilton Davis Varner, President 2 Philip J. Kessler, President-Elect 32 Robert L. Byman, Treasurer Francis M. Wikstom, Secretary 33 Thomas H. Tongue, Immediate Past President 1 BOARD OF REGENTS 34 Rodney Acker Dallas, Texas 1. Thomas H. Tongue, President 10. John M. Famularo, Regent 21. Michael F. Kinney, Regent 34. Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Robert L. Byman 2. John J. (Jack) Dalton, 11. Michael M. Cooper, 22. Bartholomew J. Dalton, Regent Past President Chicago, Illinois Past President Past President 23. David J. Hensler, Regent LIVING PAST PRESIDENTS 3. Francis M. Wikstrom, Regent 12. William H. Sandweg, III, Regent 24. David W. Scott, Past President Bartholomew J. Dalton UNABLE TO attend: Wilmington, Delaware 13. Earl J. Silbert, Past President 25. Mikel L. Stout, Past President 4. Philip J. Kessler, Treasurer Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., 5. Chilton Davis Varner, 14. Rodney Acker, Regent 26. Douglas R. Young, Regent Leon Silverman, James M. Danielson President-Elect 15. Trudie Ross Hamilton, Regent 27. Michael E. Mone, Past President Wenatchee, Washington Gael Mahony, 6. Paul D. Bekman, Secretary 16. Charles B. Renfrew, Past President 28. Gene W. Lafitte, Past President R. Harvey Chappell, Jr. 7. Gregory P. Joseph, 17. Robert L. Byman, Regent 29. James M. Danielson, Regent John M. Famularo (since deceased), Lexington, Kentucky Immediate Past President 18. James W. Morris, III, 30. Stuart D. Shanor, Past President Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., 8. Samuel H. Franklin, Regent Past President 31. Jeffrey S. Leon, Regent Samuel H. Franklin 9. E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr., 19. Michael W. Smith, Regent 32. David J. Beck, Past President Andrew B. Coats and Birmingham, Alabama Past President 20. William J. Kayatta, Jr., Regent 33. Joan A. Lukey, Past President Warren B. Lightfoot Trudie Ross Hamilton Waterbury, Connecticut 1951 17 26 David J. Hensler 18 27 28 13 15 16 19 22 23 12 14 20 21 24 25 31 29 Washington, District of Columbia 11 30 110 32 34 18 9 33 1 36 William J. Kayatta, Jr. 16 17 35 Portland, Maine 37 15 38 Philip J. Kessler Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 4 39 1 21 10 20 3 16 24 15 17 18 22 23 14 19 13 2 13 12 40 11 27 28 5 26 9 25 8 EDITORIAL BOARD 4 7 41 Andrew M. Coats (Editor) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 6 30 12 29 Stephen M. Grant (Editor) Toronto, Ontario 42 31 Elizabeth K. Ainslie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 Catharine Biggs Arrowood Raleigh, North Carolina Lisa G. Arrowood Boston, Massachusetts To augment the College (Modesto, CA) C. Ray Robinson (Los Angeles, CA) Jerry Giesler (Oakland, CA) Carol Elder Bruce Washington, District of Columbia Richard C. Cahn Huntington, Downstate New York archives, we invite you to Grant B. Cooper (Merced, CA) Eugene D. Bennett (Los Angeles, CA) Jesse E. Nichols Montréal, Quebéc identify any recognizable (Los Angeles, CA) S. Ernest Roll ( (San Francisco, CA) Lyman D. Griswold (Oakland, CA) Lynne D. Kassie, Q.C., Fellows or guests present Minneapolis, Minnesota Glenn M. DeVore city unlisted) M. Mitchell Bourquin (Hanford, CA) Timothy D. Kelly at the College’s inaugural David E. Peckinpah Merrillville, Indiana (Fresno, CA) Clarence B. Runkile (San Francisco, CA) John E. Gunther (Fresno, CA) Robert F. Parker meeting in August 1951. (city unlisted) (San Francisco, CA) Paul Mark Sandler Baltimore, Maryland Lowell L. Dryden Edmund G. Brown James Petrini The individuals known to G. Gray Wilson Winston-Salem, North Carolina us are identified on the (Los Angeles, CA) Herman F. Selvin (San Francisco, CA) Edwin A. Heafy (Bakersfield, CA) Samuel H. Franklin (Regent Liaison) Birmingham, Alabama silhouetted version of the Norman H. Elkington (Los Angeles, CA) Wayne P. Burke (Oakland, CA) John D. Randall E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr. (Editor Emeritus), Charlotte, North Carolina 1951 photograph. (San Francisco, CA) Roger E. Walch (Ukiah, CA) Edgar B. Hervey (Cedar Rapids, IA) 13. Cody Fowler (Hanford, CA) Frank Campbell (San Diego, CA) If you recognize anyone Fred O. Reed at the College’s 1951 (city unlisted) Jerold Egmont Weil (San Jose, CA) Clarence W. Heyl (Los Angeles, CA) EDITORIAL STAFF meeting, please let us (San Francisco, CA) (Peoria, IL) 14. Emil Gumpert Thomas M. Carlson Stanley M. Reinhaus For comments, inquiries and submissions, know by mail or email to (Stockton, CA) Burton D. Wood (Richmond, CA) Gilbert Jertberg (Santa Ana, CA) please email the National Office at [email protected] the National Office, Lloyd E. Hewitt (San Diego, CA) Daniel S. Carlton (Fresno, CA) Philip J. Schneider , . ., Deputy Director [email protected]. (Yuba City, CA) Evelle J. Younger (Redding, CA) Bert H. Long Ann F. Walker J D (Cincinnati, OH) , Project Coordinator Our records indicate the (Pasadena, CA) (Cincinnati, OH) Amy Mrugalski John T. Holt 8. Hon. Jesse W. Carter , Design Director following Fellows of the (San Diego, CA) William Zeff (city unlisted) Thomas C. Lynch Herbert Shaffer Liz Doten (Cincinnati, OH) Ben Majors, Photographer, EventWorks College in August 1951: Yale S. Kroloff (Modesto, CA) Harry M. Conron (San Francisco, CA) (Stockton, CA) (Bakersfield, CA) William H. Macomber Roland G. Swaffield , , Executive Director CHARTER FELLOWS: OTHER FELLOWS: (San Diego, CA) (Long Beach, CA) Dennis J. Maggi CAE Hale McCowen Carlisle C. Crosby American College of Trial Lawyers James A. Ball (Ukiah, CA) Bernard Allard (Oakland, CA) Raoul D. Magana 11. Hon. Earl Warren (city unlisted) (Oakland, CA) (Los Angeles, CA) (Sacramento, CA) 19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 530, A.M. Mull, Jr. John H. Doughty Irvine, California 92612 Forrest A. Betts (Sacramento, CA) Harold G. Baker (Knoxville, TN) R. A. McCormick (city unlisted) (East St. Louis, MO) (Fresno, CA) ADDITIONAL T: 949.752.1801 F: 949.752.1674 Albert H. Mundt Robert F. Dreidame www.actl.com E.D. Bronson (Sacramento, CA) Joseph A. Ball (Cincinnati, OH) John Wesley McInnis GUESTS PRESENT: (city unlisted) (Long Beach, CA) (San Diego, CA) 41. James Demsey Jesse E. Nichols James D. Garibaldi Copyright ©2013 Leslie A. Cleary (city unlisted) Reginald I. Bauder (Los Angeles, CA) James A. Myers 42. Harry Gair 2 THE BULLETIN American College of Trial Lawyers THE BULLETIN Chancellor-Founder Hon. Emil Gumpert (1895-1982) CONTENTS OFFICERS From the Editors ...............................................................................3 Chilton Davis Varner, President nd Philip J. Kessler, President-Elect 62 Annual Meeting Held in New York .......................................4 Robert L. Byman, Treasurer Francis M. Wikstom, Secretary Moseneke: South African Inducted as Honorary Fellow ..........8 Thomas H. Tongue, Immediate Past President College Maul a Link to Our Heritage .........................................10 BOARD OF REGENTS Fellows to the Bench ...................................................................11 Rodney Acker Michael F. Kinney Dallas, Texas Omaha, Nebraska Awards and Honors ......................................................................11 34. Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Past President Robert L. Byman Jeffrey S. Leon, LSM Chicago, Illinois Toronto, Ontario Moldaver Inducted as Honorary Fellow ....................................12 LIVING PAST PRESIDENTS Bartholomew J. Dalton James T. Murray, Jr. Adjunct Committee Seeks Proposals for Fellowship .............15 UNABLE TO attend: Wilmington, Delaware Milwaukee, Wisconsin Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., Recent College Publications ......................................................15 Leon Silverman, James M. Danielson Michael L. O’Donnell Gael Mahony, Wenatchee, Washington Denver, Colorado Moldaver: More Fun than Going to the Dentist ........................16 R. Harvey Chappell, Jr. John M. Famularo William H. Sandweg, III (since deceased), Lexington, Kentucky Phoenix, Arizona Anatomy of a Patent Case, Second Edition ..................................21 Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Samuel H. Franklin Michael W. Smith The Passing of Past President Harvey Chappell .....................22 Andrew B. Coats and Birmingham, Alabama Richmond, Virginia Warren B. Lightfoot Naples, Florida: Site of 2013 Spring Meeting ..........................25 Trudie Ross Hamilton Thomas H. Tongue Waterbury, Connecticut Portland, Oregon Mueller: Director of the FBI Presents David J. Hensler Chilton Davis Varner 2012 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Lecture ..............................................26 Washington, District of Columbia Atlanta, Georgia Regional Meetings Promise Collegiality...................................31 William J. Kayatta, Jr. Francis M. Wikstrom Portland, Maine Salt Lake City, Utah Board of Regents Looks to the Future ......................................32 Philip J. Kessler Douglas R. Young Bloomfield Hills, Michigan San Francisco, California Justice Abella Inspires Fellows .................................................34 Verrilli: U.S. Solicitor General, EDITORIAL BOARD