Abstract
When one thinks about it, it is really quite incredible: a Brooklyn-born son of Lebanese and Irish immigrants with a distinct New York accent, standing well under six feet tall, attends a small North Carolina college on a basketball scholarship; serves with distinction in a bombing squadron in World War II; graduates from the University of Richmond School of Law (paying his way by serving as a night librarian); excels at the practice of law in a city (Richmond) not renowned for its receptivity to Yankees; wins election as president of the city’s Bar; and upon being appointed to the federal bench, serves with distinction for thirty-one years, addressing some of the most controversial legal issues of his time with a skill, energy, and workhorse determination unknown to most mortals.
Recommended Citation
Wayne A. Logan,
The Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr.: A Judge Ahead of His Time,
52
U. Rich. L. Rev.
23
(2022).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol52/iss5/4
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