IN MEMORIAM
Dominic Amadio ’68 passed away on March 16, 2024. Amadio was a vibrant personality; intelligent, disciplined, honest, loyal, fair, charitable and FUN! He had a zest for life, never staying idle. While in law school he worked for the Woman’s Bureau, Department of Labor. He moved to Florida in 1968, practiced law in St. Petersburg for 50 years, serving as counsel for over 400 trials. The Florida Bar Association recognized Amadio for his 50 years of service. — Degusipe Funeral Home
Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley ’64 passed away on May 19, 2024. Beasley became the first female judge of the Fulton County State Court (Georgia) in 1977. In 1984, Beasley was appointed as the first woman on the Georgia Court of Appeals, becoming the state’s first female appellate judge. She became the court’s first female chief judge in 1995 and resigned four years later.
Beasley briefly worked at the National Center for State Courts in Virginia, then returned to Atlanta and spent more than a decade as an arbitrator and mediator. Beasley earned a Master of Laws degree in international law from Emory University School of Law and served with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She received Emory Law’s trailblazer award in 2018 and two years later its award for lifetime commitment to public service. In 2023, she was awarded the lifetime philanthropy award from AUWCL.
Judge Beasley’s charity work was extensive. In the 1980s, she co-founded Atlanta’s Table, the project of the Atlanta Community Food Bank that provides hot meals for the hungry with food from the city’s restaurants, hotels and caterers. Beasley served on multiple professional organizations and also helped to resettle refugees. — Dignity
Memorial.com/Rosie Manins, Atlanta Journal- Constitution
Bruce P. Fehrenbacher ’80 passed away on November 22, 2023. Following his graduation, he worked at Whitney and Potts, LTD until 1984, when he opened his own law practice, Fehrenbacher Law Office in Wyoming, Illinois. In 2018, he was elected judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit representing Stark County, where he served until his passing. Fehrenbacher was driven by patience and empathy and allowed those qualities to impact each corner of his life. — Haskell Funeral Home
Paul Ghosh-Roy ’05 passed away on April 2, 2024. Ghosh-Roy practiced law at Latham & Watkins, Dentons, LIPA and as general counsel for Syncarpha Capital. He was a friend to all he met and could easily form meaningful connections with people from various backgrounds. Ghosh-Roy lived a life filled with warmth, generosity, kindness, and dedication to his family. He was known for his sense of humor, zest for life, and passion for music. His legacy will be the valued relationships he made through his life, producing endless stories and memories for generations to come. —
Legacy.com
Richard Hibey passed away on March 15, 2024. He was a member at Miller & Chevalier for nearly two decades before retiring in 2018. He began his legal practice at the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia, now the Public Defender Service (PDS), before serving as an assistant US Attorney for the District of Columbia. He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of The Barristers, and taught criminal law as an adjunct professor for 13 years at American University Washington College of Law. —
MillerChevalier.com
Heili Kim ’99 passed away on June 13, 2023. Kim was a force of nature with a big heart, as glamorous as she was generous, always going the extra step to support friends, family and clients. She was the life of the party and the consummate “hostess with the mostest,” always ready with a bottle of pink champagne. She shared her love of Korean food and Korean culture with friends and clients from Washington to Minneapolis, and from Seattle to Seoul. No one who met Kim forgot her effervescent smile and her feisty spirit. She was an accomplished lawyer and partner with McDermott Will’s HealthCare Practice Group. —
EverLoved.com
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