Wednesday, July 4, 2018
A treasure of wisdom and always a pleasure to be with and someone whose person and “soul adhered to God”. “Frank” served as my co-counsel in a contentious political and election trial in Essex County. After lunch one day, we all returned to the courtroom but Frank sat behind us and not at counsel table. A legal imbroglio began on the record amongst all counsel and the Judge, with everyone sure that they alone had the answer. During the argument, I heard Frank sitting behind me turning pages in a book, and I said I am sure Professor McQuade has the answer for us all. As we all turned and looked to the font of legal wisdom, he said with his lilting smile “No, not that answer…I am reading the Liturgy of the Hours and dealing with larger questions.” With laughter and lightness, he had refocused the issues and placed us back on our common climb to justice. My prayers for him and warm embrace for his beloved wife Terry.
With sympathy, John M. Carbone, Esq.; Oblate, Order of Saint Benedict.
