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Manella, a founding partner of Los Angeles' Irell & Manella, died on Jan. 16, 1997. After doing graduate law work at Harvard, he joined the Tax Division in 1942 and left to go into private practice in Los Angeles in 1944. He represented over the years such clients as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Lou Costello, Burt Lancaster, Aaron Spelling and Aaron Spelling Productions, Mattel, Teledyne and Eugene Klein and the San Diego Chargers football team. He and other poker playing tax lawyers formed the USC Tax Institute. He received many accolades over his life and was a contributor to the legal and public communities. (The foregoing was drawn from a Business Wire News Release dated 1/18/97).
Manning, Thomas R. ("Tom")
Tom Manning passed away on November 4, 2007. The following is from his obituary in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle:
Thomas Manning
PITTSFIELD -- Thomas Richard Manning, 74, of West Roxbury, formerly of Pittsfield, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Roxbury after a brief illness. He moved to West Roxbury in 1986.
Born in Boston on Nov. 30, 1932, son of John P. and Mary Tapp Manning, he graduated from Mission High School in 1950, from Boston College in 1954 and from Boston College Law School in 1957. He also graduated from New York University School of Law with a master's degree in taxation. He was a teaching fellow and served as a student adviser to the "Intramural Law Review."
While serving in the Army as a lieutenant first class, he was assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate General at the Pentagon from 1959 to 1961. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal while serving in the Procurement Law Division. As chief of the personal tax branch, Army Legal Assistance Division, he supervised tax assistance and educational programs and instructed in taxation at the Pentagon and the Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Va.
Mr. Manning was employed by the Department of Justice from 1961 to 1966, serving under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
He moved to North Adams in 1966 and joined Donovan & O'Connor law firm. In 1969, he moved to Pittsfield and opened a law office in the Onota Building on North Street. He served as an assistant public defender for Berkshire County from 1970 to 1972 and as assistant district attorney when the Western District included Berkshire and Hampden counties. He was district attorney in Springfield from 1972 to 1974.
In 1974, he mounted a campaign for Congress against Republican incumbent Silvio O. Conte. He served as special attorney for the city of Pittsfield from 1977 to 1980 and as counsel for the Pittsfield Housing Authority from 1970 to 1986.
Mr. Manning was a member of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts and American bar associations, and of American Legion Post 68. He also was an active member of the VA Boston Health Care System's Institutional Review Board and represented veterans in reviewing protocols for human studies. He received a letter from President Bush in recognition of his thousands of volunteer hours working on behalf of veterans. He enjoyed family trips, reading and fishing at Onota Lake and the Green River.
He was married to the former Nancy L. Bates.
Besides his wife, he leaves three daughters, Mary Ellen Manning of Wellfleet, Jean Ann Manning of Harwichport and Jennifer McVey of Hyde Park; three sons, James Manning of Las Vegas, John P. Manning of Los Angeles and Richard Manning of West Roxbury; a sister, Joan Gladman of Mission Hills, Calif.; and a brother, Paul Manning of Lakewood, Calif.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- A Mass of Christian Burial for Thomas Richard Manning, who died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2007, will be celebrated Thursday, Nov. 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa of Avila Church. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. Interment will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery in West Roxbury. Mr. Manning served the city of Pittsfield, Berkshire and Hampden counties as a proud attorney, District Attorney and Public Defender. In lieu of flowers, donations in Tom's name may be made to the American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, N.Y., NY 10006. He also leaves a daughter-in-law, Lee Steiner, and a son-in-law, George Bono. His devoted son, Richard, was a great help to him as his health declined. He appreciated the excellent care he received at West Roxbury's VA Hospital, where he enjoyed talking to the veterans and volunteering at the medical library. www.lawlerfuneralhome.com.
Published in The Berkshire Eagle on 11/6/2007.The Boston Herald edition of 1/20/2000 reported that Mr. Mansfield died. He served in the Tax Division for one year in around 1945-6. He had many other accomplishments -- Harvard Law Review, Partner at Ropes and Gray, Chairman of the ABA Tax Section, member of ALI and so forth. The report says that: "Mr. Mansfield is survived by his wife of 56 years, Helen (Pikul); two daughters, Linda M. Pointer of Lawton, Okla., and Shirley M. DeBartolo of Bedford; a son, Douglas K. of Wellesley; and four grandsons."
The following is from the Allentown Morning Call Newspaper of 6/28/02:
Robert Margolis, 77, of Allentown, died June 26 in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township. He was married to Barbara K. (Kins) Margolis for 53 years last August.
He was counsel with the law firm of Mosebach, Funt, Dayton & Duckworth, P.C., Bethlehem, and a certified public accountant affiliated with the accounting firm Concannon, Gallagher, Miller and Co., P.C., Bethlehem. He began his legal career in Washington, D.C., as a trial attorney with the U.S. Justice Department in the tax division.
He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his master of law degree in taxation law from New York University.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a son of the late Harry and Jean (Simon) Margolis.
He was a member of Congregation Keneseth Israel, Allentown.
He was an Air Force veteran of World War II.
He was a former trustee of the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Bethlehem; former treasurer and board member of the Sun Inn Preservation Association, Bethlehem, and a former board member of the Lehigh Valley Helping Hand Foundation. He was a member of the board of governors of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation.
He was a former president of the Jewish Federation of Allentown and a member of the endowment fund committee. He was a founding member of the Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley in 1974 and of the Jewish Nursing Home Committee. He helped establish the Beth Tikva Wing, dedicated to Jewish residents, of the Manor Care nursing home, Salisbury Township.
He was recognized by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants with its 1998 Public Service Award and was the first Pennsylvania CPA to receive the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants National Public Service Award in 1999.
He was chairman of the board of Moravian Academy until 1989 and an honorary board member since then. He established the Robert, Barbara Kins and James Margolis Endowment Fund at the academy in 1996.
He founded the Camphill Foundation, a network of villages for children and adults with developmental disabilities, in 1976, and served as a trustee, 1983-94. He was a former president of the Lehigh Association of Retarded Citizens, now Via, and helped to create the Kurtz Training Center, Bethlehem, a workshop and training center for mentally challenged individuals.
Survivors: Wife; sons, Dr. Jim K. of Allentown, Andrew K. of Greenfield, N.H.; sister, Audrey Schoff of Allentown; three grandchildren.
Services: memorial, 11 a.m. Sunday in Congregation Keneseth Israel. No calling hours. Arrangements, J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Allentown.
Contributions: Mollie Margolis Fund, c/o The National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases, Boston, Mass., or to Lyris Inc., Greenfield.
1998
"Justice Dept's Deputy Asst Atty Gen for tax division, Mark E Matthews, leaves to join law firm of Crowell & Moring.," reports the WSJ Tax Report of 5/20/98.
1999
Tax Notes Today on 10/1/99 reported that Mark Matthews is slated to be the new Assistant Commissioner for Criminal Investigation
The WSJ and Tax Notes Today of 12/1/99 reported that Mark had formally been named to be the the first Chief of the reorganized Criminal Investigation function. Mark was formerly AAG Argrett's Deputy AAG in charge of the criminal tax function in the Tax Division.
2002
Matthews joined Deutsche Bank to serve as a managing director and global cohead of its anti-money-laundering efforts.
The IRS announced in a press release that Matthews will return to the IRS as the new Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement. The press release states that "Matthews will direct the agency's continuing efforts to crack down on abusive tax shelters, foreign and domestic tax evasion, tax scams, schemes and other tax abuses."
McGreevy, who clerked in the Tax Division while attending Georgetown Law School (according to a NY Times article on 10/30/97), is running for Governor of New Jersey. The NY Times article does not relate any great lessons he learned while in the Tax Division, but it is clear that he decided at some point that he did not want to be a tax lawyer.
Meuwissen advises my e-mail on 4/3/98 that he has recently served as temporary administrative judge for the Department of Interior and is currently organizing a new law firm in Minneapolis. He also plans to open a bed and breakfast by the end of the year.The Washington Post of 1/20/2001 had the following obituary:
Paul F. Mickey, 86, a Washington lawyer who retired in 1978 after 31 years with Steptoe & Johnson, died Jan. 18 at his home in Easton, Md. He had Parkinson's disease.
Mr. Mickey, a former Washington resident, specialized in tax, administrative and international trade law during his career at Steptoe & Johnson, where he also served as managing partner.
During the latter part of his career, he worked on cases involving the American wrist watch industry, the building of the trans-Alaska pipeline and the importation of foreign steel.
He was born in Winston-Salem, N.C. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and its law school. He spent two years as assistant to the attorney general of North Carolina before coming to Washington in 1939 to work as a special attorney with the tax division of the Justice Department.
At the end of World War II, he served in the Office of Military Government in Berlin.
He was a past vice president of the board of the Chevy Chase Club and a member of the Metropolitan Club.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Margaret Stanley Mickey of Easton; three children, Margo King-Steiner of Boulder, Colo., Paul F. Mickey Jr. of Washington and Frank T. Mickey of Bethesda; a brother; a sister; and five grandchildren.According to a November 19, 1999 edition of the Washing post, Mr. Miner died on November 15. The obituary reported that Mr. Miner served in the Tax Divisioni from 1955 to 1975 and thereafter was, for two years, a real estate lawyer in private practice in Fairfax, Virginia. His survivors include his wife of 55 years, Margery, two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mitchell has recently contacted attorneys serving in the old, but not ancient, General Litigation Section and has supplied their names for the master list that John A. Townsend maintains. Thanks to Dick for his good work!
The Legal Times on 8/10/98 announced that Ms. Mortenson had become an associate at Storch & Brenner in Washington. The article indicated that Ms. Mortenson was formerly with Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky.
According to 1/24/2000 PR Newswire Washington Dateline release, the Board of Immigration Appeals held an investiture ceremony for Mr. Moscato, although the date was not specified. The information in the release indicated that Mr. Moscato had been appointed as a Board member in January 1999. The information indicates that he served in the Tax Division beginning in 1976, but does not indicate how long he served in the Tax Division. He held a number of management positions in DOJ prior to his appointment to the the Board.
The Dayton Daily News for 7/26/2000 reports that Mark has been named general counsel to the U.S. Olympic Committee. The report is:
Mark Muedeking, a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in government and private practice, is the new general counsel for the U.S. Olympic Committee.
USOC Chief Executive Officer Norm Blake announced the appointment Tuesday, filling the final position on the USOC's newly structured leadership team.
Muedeking replaces Scott Blackmun, who was named senior managing director of sport resources in April.
Muedeking began his career in 1980 as a trial lawyer in the tax division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was named the department's outstanding lawyer in 1983.
From 1984 on, Muedeking was in private practice, working for such law firms as Hogan and Hartson in Washington, D.C., and Piper Marbury Rudnick and Wolfe LLP. He has extensive experience in tax, corporate, securities and employment law.
John and Nell's son, Matt, died on February 4, 1998 from injuries sustained in a car accident. There will be a death notice and an obituary in the Washington Post on February 7, 1998. I enclose a copy of the proof on those below. There will be a memorial fund, titled the Nicholas A. Murray Educational Fund, for the education of Matt’s young son. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Nicholas A. Murray Educational Fund, Burke and Herbert Bank, c/o Charles Collum, P.O. Box 268, Alexandria, VA 22313. The memorial mass will be at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Mt. Vernon Highway, Alexandria, Virginia at 11:00 am on Monday, February 9, 1998. Those of you wishing to contact John and Nell may find their home address and telephone numbers by clicking here. Pray for John and Nell and their family.
The obituary and death notices are as follows:
Murray, Matthew E.
On February 4, 1998, MATTHEW E. MURRAY of Severn, MD. Survivors include his son, Nicholas Alexander and companion Michelle Pence, both of Severn, MD. His parents, John and Nell Murray, and brother Drew of Ellicott City, MD. His sister, Kate of Falls Church, VA and brother Jack of Alexandria, VA.
Friends may call at the WITZKE FUNERAL HOMES INC. of Columbia, 5555 Twin Knolls Road (off Route 175 and Thunder Hill Road) for a memorial gathering Sunday 5 to 7p.m. A Memorial Mass will be held Monday, February 9 at 11 a.m., in Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Alexandria, VA. Interment private.
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MURRAY, MATTHEW E.
On Wednesday, February 4, 1998. Survivors include his son, Nicholas Alexander Murray and his companion, Michelle Pence, both of Severn, MD; his parents, John and Nell Murray and brother, Drew of Ellicott City, MD; his sister, Kate, of Falls Church, VA and brother, Jack, of Alexandria, VA. Memorial Mass will be held on Monday, February 9 at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 8710 Mt. Vernon Highway, Alexandria, VA. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Nicholas A. Murray Educational Fund., Burke and Herbert Bank, c/o Charles Collum, P.O. Box 268, Alexandria, VA 22313.
Another article on 2/7/98
MATTHEW E. MURRAY
Little Caesar's Supervisor
Matthew E. Murray, 26, the supervisor of his family's Little Caesars Pizza franchise in Howard County, died at University Hospital in Baltimore on Feb. 4 of injuries he received earlier in the day in a traffic accident.
Howard County Police said the Ford Bronco that Mr. Murray was driving went out of control as he was passing another vehicle on Route 32. They said the Bronco veered off the road to the right, struck a guardrail and crossed the centerline into the path of an oncoming truck, which struck it.
Mr. Murray, who lived in Severn, was born in Washington. He grew up in Alexandria. He graduated from Bishop Ireton High School and attended George Mason University.
He moved to Maryland when his family began its pizza business in 1991. He supervised four Little Caesar's stores in Howard County.
Survivors include his companion, Michelle Pence, and their son, Nicholas Alexander Murray, both of Severn; his parents, John and Nell Murray of Ellicott City; two brothers, Drew Murray of Ellicott City and Jack Murray of Alexandria; and a sister, Kate Murray of Falls Church.