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REST IN PEACE ROBERTO PINEIRO

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

UPDATE: While we could not attend the funeral Sunday, we have received several emails confirming an astonishing fact: that two of Rob Pineiro's closest friends who eulogized him mentioned this blog! We are humbled. We are told that one of his best friends quoted our brief statement that "he was not a good man, but a great man....that he was not a good judge, but a great judge." Again, we are humbled. I take this opportunity to say something I have never told anyone: Rob Pineiro was responsible for our chosen identity. It was many years ago, when Rob was in County Court when, sitting in his chambers we saw some videos of the Rumpole of the Bailey series. Rob was always such an interesting fellow, and all of us should learn from his examples, including that there is a life outside of the law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 12, 2010 (boomark / email).