JOHN J. WITMEYER

I am so saddened to find this today as I recall meeting John and his dad 5 years ago in Atlanta when he was taking him to Paris to get his Legion of Honor....RIP John, I had sent you an email today letting you know I was thinking of your dad...

We miss you...now and will miss you forever....

Marcus and Pearl Katz

It is with deep sadness that I sign this book in memory of my friend, John. I, too, met John as a first year associate at Mudge Rose. I was in the corporate department, the department that John would jokingly remind me that messed up documents so that he and his colleagues in the litigation department could correct our mistakes. We ate many evening meals together during our associate years. There was that certain evening that he sat silently by while I devoured a portion of veal cordon bleu,...

J.J. I am deeply sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts.

I knew John Witmeyer for 43 years. First as a colleague at Mudge Rose and the last 37 years as his law partner. Like all of us John was not perfect. He was, however, the perfect lawyer. The best I have ever known, maybe the best ever. Perfection personified.This is not hyperbole when you realize the depth and breath of his brilliance, his encyclopedic knowledge of the law, his energy and drive and his unmatched ability to execute.

John mastered complex litigation first. When he was...

John and I met as first-year associates at the Mudge, Rose law firm in NYC in 1971. We became fast friends, shared many experiences at the firm and spent many a lunchtime in the Wall St. area (a particular favorite was the Seaman's Institute). John visited my wife and me at our home in Tuckahoe, NY and, after she and I returned home to Boston in 1974, John visited us there. We kept in touch with John for over 4 decades. We always looked forward to John's annual Christmas card. John attended...

I saw John along with my husband Tom in January of this year. We spent
a weekend with John in New York enjoying dinners out, a play, and a movie.
Lots of laughs and conversation on our friendship going back
42 years. John knew, of course, what his prognosis was
but he was determined to share the weekend with us and for
all of us to have a good time. Over the course of his treatment and participation in many trials he kept us
updated with his e-mails. He demonstrated to...

I had the pleasure and honor of getting to know John during my three years as Dean of Paul Tulane College. He was a stalwart supporter and friend of the College and a valued member of our Dean's Advisory Council. My prized memory, however, is of his taking me to see game 6 of a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game, sitting in the last row of the upper deck behind home plate at Yankee Stadium. We were just two boys having a great time at the game. John's premature passing is a sad occasion for all of...