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EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Regent Dennis Suplee is a funny guy, occasionally on purpose. We have some extra space that we needed to fill, so we offer here a few Suplee-isms, hoping it isn’t a waste of space.
“I HOPE I DIE DURING A DEPOSITION. THAT WAY THE TRANSITION FROM LIFE TO DEATH WILL BE LESS NOTICEABLE.”
“THREE HOURS INTO THE DEPOSITION, I
BEGAN TO GET OVERTLY ITCHY BECAUSE THE INTERROGATOR HAD STILL NOT GOTTEN TO HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. CO-COUNSEL, FACTL PETER HOFFMAN, WHISPERED ‘IT’S CALLED THE GOING FOR THE CAPILLARIES APPROACH.”
“A FRIEND ONCE HAD AN ARGUMENT INVOLVING AN ISSUE OF APPARENT AUTHORITY. HE SHOWED UP DRESSED AS A FIREMAN. THE JUDGE INQUIRED,
‘MR. FOX, ARE YOU DRESSED AS A FIREMAN?’ “YES,” REPLIED FOX. ‘BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT I AM ONE.’”
“THANK YOU FOR THIS AWARD. MY WIFE PAT EXPRESSES HER REGRETS FOR NOT BEING HERE TODAY BUT, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, SHE HAD TO RETURN A LIBRARY BOOK.” [OKAY, DENNIS ISN’T THAT FUNNY; HE STOLE THE LINE FROM FACTL DICKY GRIGG]”
“THE INTERROGATOR AT THE DEPOSITION, NOTICING THAT FACTL BRUCE HALL’S CLIENT WAS NODDING OFF, SAID
‘PERHAPS YOU’D LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK SO YOU CAN WAKE UP YOUR WITNESS.’
‘YOU WAKE HIM UP!’ BRUCE REPLIED, ‘YOU’RE THE ONE WHO PUT HIM TO SLEEP.”
“YOUR HONOR, IF YOU ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION ON BEHALF OF MY OPPONENT, I OBJECT TO IT. IF YOU ARE
ASKING IT ON MY BEHALF, I WITHDRAW IT.”
WINTER 2023
JOURNAL 80
FELLOWS TO THE BENCH
ELIZABETH A. DUNIGAN was appointed Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court in July, 2022. Judge Dunigan served as Deputy Chief of the Lowell Regional Superior Court until 2010 and then became Chief of the Malden Regional Superior Court where she investigated and prosecuted homicides and other serious crimes. Judge Dunigan was inducted as a Fellow of the College in 2017 and served on the Massachusetts State Committee and the Sandra Day O’Connor Jurist Award Committee.
BRENT A. TINGLE was confirmed as Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court on August 17, 2022. Judge Tingle began his legal career in 1991 as a Judicial Clerk in the Massachusetts Superior Court. He later became partner at Morrison Mahoney LLP where his practice focused on medical malpractice. Judge Tingle became a Fellow of the College in 2022 just prior to his call to public service.
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