L. Anthony Sutin

L. ANTHONY SUTIN (Age 42)

Of Grundy, VA passed away, Wednesday, January 16, 2002 in Grundy. He was born November 11, 1959 in Bayshore, NY, the son of Norman and Bonita Sutin.

He was the Dean of the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, VA, having joined the faculty of the school in 1999 after a distinguished career in private and government practice. From 1994 to 1999, he held three senior positions in the United States Department of Justice. First, he was a founder and deputy director of the Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services ("COPS") office. Next, he served as principal deputy to the Associate Attorney General of the United States, responsible for oversight of the Civil, Civil Rights, Environmental, Antitrust and Tax Divisions. Finally, Attorney General Janet Reno named him Acting Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs.

Before entering goverment service, Dean Sutin was a partner in the Washington, DC law firm of Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., where he practiced primarily in the areas of litigation and election law, and was trail and appellate counsel in a number of important civil rights cases. He also served as Acting General Counsel of the Democratic National Committee, chief counsel to the Presidential Campaign and litigation counsel for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Dean Sutin received a B.A. degree, summa com laude, from Brandeis University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served as an assistant editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Barefoot Sanders of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. His writings have been published in the Journal of Legislation, the Washington University Law Review, Campaigns and Elections, and the Northern Kentucky Law Review. He recently completed "The Law of Reinsurance, " published by LEXIS Publishing as Volume 14 of Holmes' Appleman on Insurance 2d. He was the Supreme Court Watch columnist on the Law of Presidential Elections for the Jurist website.

Mr. Sutin is survived by his wife, Margaret Macaulay Lawton of Grundy, VA; one daughter, Clara Li Bess Sutin of Grundy; one son, Henry Alexander Sutin of Grundy; his parents, Norman and Bonita Sutin of Bellport, NY. He was preceded in death by one sister, Cara Ruth Sutin.

He attended the Congregation Ahavath Sholom.

Memorial services for L. ANTHONY SUTIN will be conducted Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 2 p.m. at the Grundy High School Auditorium, Grundy, VA with Rabbi Stanley Funston and Rev. Paul McNalley officiating.

The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to adoption services provided by International Childrens Alliance, 1920 N St, NW, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036.

GRUNDY FUNERAL HOME of Grundy, VA is in charge of all arrangements.