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that included antitrust, land use disputes, securities litiga- tion, and technology transfer. Marvin was a regular fixture at the California Tennis Club in San Francisco for decades. Shortly after retiring in 1999, Marvin and his wife of for- ty-six years, Ann Van Balen, moved to Bozeman, Montana where he became a daily long-distance road bike aficionado and golfer. In 2015, Marvin and Ann relocated to Rancho Mirage and traded bikes for Pilates. Marvin is survived by Ann, two children and four grandchildren; a third child pre- deceased him.
Richard John Phelan, ’82, died a day shy of his eighty-sev- enth birthday on March 28, 2024; he had survived five bouts of cancer over the past twenty-five years but the sixth proved too much. A devout Catholic and graduate of Quigley Pre- paratory Seminary, University of Notre Dame, and George- town Law, Dick overcame a lobbying campaign led by Chi- cago Catholic Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Bernandin and several Cook County Board commissioners when, as Cook County Board President, he used his executive powers to re- instate abortions at Cook County Hospital. Dick’s wife, Bar- bara says “Politics could use someone of Dick’s convictions today. He advocated for equality for women as a lawyer and as an elected official. He was passionate about defending a woman’s right to choose.” In 1989, Dick was appointed as a special outside counsel to lead the U.S. House Ethics Com- mittee Probe of U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas). Wright was accused of accepting improper gifts from a devel- oper and violating House Rules by accepting speaking fees far greater than allowed. A few weeks before Phelan present- ed his case to the Ethics Committee in a nationally televised hearing on May 23, 1989, The New York Times wrote of him: “Indeed, colleagues and committee members say Mr. Phelan is relentless, tenacious, charming and ambitious: a man equally adept at seducing a jury and sacking a hostile witness, a man both realistic and righteous, who thought of being a priest and still thinks of winning a judgeship or some other Government office.” Dick’s first run for public office – Cook County Board President – included a cam- paign staff that included David Axelrod and two future Chi- cago mayors, Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot. A former President of the Chicago Bar Association, Dick is survived by his wife Barbara, three children and six grandchildren.
William Murphey Rainey, ’04, was eighty-six at his death on December 3, 2023, survived by his wife, Dee Ann Pet- tit Rainey, their two children and two granddaughters. Bill was a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Upon graduation he joined the United States Navy and at- tended Officer Candidate School, ultimately retiring as a Commander after serving twenty years in the U S. Navy Reserves. After his initial active duty, Bill earned a master’s in history from UNC at Chapel Hill and a law degree from the University of Mississippi Law School, where he was a member of the Law Journal.
James Curtis Rinaman, Jr., ’83, died ten days before his eighty- ninth birthday on January 26, 2024. During WWII, Jim’s fa- ther was a POW in Japan. Jim attended the University of Flor- ida and was a member of the R.O.T.C. After graduating in
1955, he served two years in the
armored cavalry at Fort Knox,
Kentucky, before returning to UF for Law School, where he met his wife Gloria. Jim continued military service in the Florida National Guard and ultimately retired as a Brigadier General in 1992. A tanker at heart, Jim was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Florida Cross. Jim served as president of the Florida Bar, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Association of Defense Trial Lawyers. He was an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, and a founding member and chair of Lawyers for Civil Justice, Inc., and the Florida Volunteer Lawyers Resource Center. When not wearing his work tie or army fatigues, Jim was known for wearing his silver and turquoise eagle bolo and a white cowboy hat like the one his dad wore. But you would never see him in the same room with Santa Claus at his firm’s annual Christmas party. Jim was a founding member and president of Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. and Leadership Jacksonville, Inc; chairman of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; presi- dent of the Jacksonville chapter of the March of Dimes; and president of the Northeast Florida chapter of the American Red Cross. Jim is survived by his wife of more than six- ty-five years, Gloria Margaret Kaspar Rinaman, four chil- dren and ten grandchildren.
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