Academic

Obit

By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring

Jerry Buchmeyer, one of those titanic district court judges who took over prisons, housing authorities, and still found time to write witty columns for legal magazines, has passed. I note that after appearing before him on behalf of the government, I found my way into academia; my co-counsel did the same (he's at Harvard).  They don't make them like Buchmeyer any more, and he certainly kept federal employees like me on our toes for many years.

Full post as published by Conglomerate on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).