ALLAN N. LITTMAN

I am deeply saddened to hear of Allan's passing. I had the immense honor to be Allan's piano teacher for the past three and a half years. Allan loved music. He attended concerts, the opera, and the symphony. I looked forward to our weekly lessons. Allan would greet me with a warm smile, a twinkle in his eye and a kind and melodic voice as he would ask me about my week. He was a dedicated student, but was quite hard on himself. He would say, " I must be your worse student! " However, he was...

Words cannot convey my feelings and love for Aunt Caroline and my cousins and their families at this difficult time. Uncle Allan was my only uncle and a most extraordinary man.

As an impressionable teenager he briefly let me fly his plane; it was a beautiful sunny day and Uncle Allan flew proudly over his house in a wide circle. That thrill of being in an airplane has never left me.

I remember him beaming like a hero when he would beat his son Jeremy at tennis or...

I was shocked and devistated to hear about my Uncle Allan's death. I can't imagine the horrible pain the family must be feeling. Aunt Caroline and Uncle Allan became like second parents to me and grandparents to my daughter Ashley after my father died, Caroline's brother. Allan was such a vibrant, kind , knowledgable, funny man and we will miss him dearly.
Kim Russell Conchieri

I've known Allan all my life as my dad's dearest friend and was deeply saddened to learn of his death. My thoughts and prayers to Caroline and family.

My first project as a lawyer was for Allan. I vividly remember Allan sitting in his desk chair discussing that memo with me, the memory being fonder than the moment. Working with him was a delight. He also had the best outgoing voicemail I've ever heard, with his wonderful voice perfectly conveying his calm, class and gentle demeanor.

He was a great teacher and a model lawyer. It was an honor to know him.

Although I was aware of Allan's tremendous professional accomplishments, I knew him as a devoted head of a family who inspired, encouraged and sometimes pushed his children to be the best they could, and provided a consistent example for them of how to live a life of principles and service, and also have a heck of a good time. Allan loved good conversation and could be relied on to go the full 9 yards to keep up his end of it. He held the vision of a just and equitable world created through...

I worked with Allan for the first three years of my practice. To this day I tell the other lawyers I work with lessons that I learned from Allan. Usually, I say that I learned the lesson from him, but sometimes I just pass the lesson on. My hope is that they will continue to pass Allan's lessons on to future generations of lawyers.

Allan was a taskmaster and demanded the highest quality work, but his demands were always (or almost always) made with a twinkle in his eye. He...

I just read Allan's closing argument in his last case (won in 2010). He fused history, policy and the rule of law courageously as ever. I will very much miss not being able to talk to Allan about the principled life and purpose of justice.

It was with the greatest sadness that I learned of Allan's death. He was a giant of the legal profession, with an extraordinary intellect flavored always with humor and grace. And he was a grand friend.

I met Allan early in my practice with the Pillsbury firm, and had the very good fortune to join him and his practice group shortly afterward. What he showed me is precious still -- a depth of love for the law that is rare, a mind of enormous curiosity, a tenacity that bode ill for...