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Brown, Peter Megargee was born on March 15, 1922 in Cleveland. Son of George Estabrook and Miriam (Megargee) Brown.
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Originally published: New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., [1987]. xxxiii, 122 pp. Written for seasoned attorneys, novices and laymen, this classic essay reveals, step by step, how lawyers and non-lawyers can learn to ask the right question and get the answer they want. Useful beyond his stated purpose, Brown shows how effective inquiry is a skill that can be learned to gain success in almost any line of endeavor.
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Peter Megargee Brown's "The Art of Questioning: Thirty Maxims of Cross-Examination" reveals, step-by-step, how lawyers and non-lawyers alike can learn to ask the right question and get the answer they want, whether it's in the courtroom or the boardroom.
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Here in ten poignant essays, Peter Megargee Brown, a consummate observer, draws on some charming recollections to record and share, with exceptional clarity and color the New York City on Carnegie Hill in 1927 and onward to the present; a special summer visit to Bermuda a half-century ago with the whole family; sharp reminiscences of the Big Crash of 1929; remembrances of growing up with Mother and Father in the turbulence of the Great Depression of the 1930s; a letter about family and love to his first grandchild Julia, age two; a playful family odyssey in the l970s to the Greek Mediterranean, everyone keeping a diary upon which to reflect-as time goes by.
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From Alexandra Stoddard: A treasure trove of thirteen stories about living to the hilt in a dangerous and hectic world. Colorful and incisive vignettes slice into the fascinations of our life experiences today; terror and murder on New York's racket-infested waterfront; a powerful look at the dramatic Trial of the Century, Richard Nixon against Alger Hiss; a peek at the sly corruption of critics revealed in the changing world of star restaurants visited by avid celebrities selling their souls for the right table; modern diet schemes that overwhelm society today and why a regimen of "Diet for Life" may be the only way to happiness. A final chapter "Alexandra, Love, Etcetera" paints a rich and poignant portrait of love and living against a backdrop of terrorism, decline of quality of civilization and the madness of our times.
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Brown, Peter Megargee was born on March 15, 1922 in Cleveland. Son of George Estabrook and Miriam (Megargee) Brown.
Student, University California, Berkeley, 1943-1944; Bachelor, Yale University, 1945 (class of 1944); Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1948.
Special assistant attorney general State New York and assistant counsel, New York State Crime Commission, 1951-1953; assistant United State Attorneys, Southern District New York, 1953-1955; special assistant, Southern District New York, 1956; partner firm, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, 1959-1982; head litigation and ethics committees, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City partner, Brown & Seymour, New York City, 1983-1996; counsellor-at-law, Peter Megargee Brown, New York City, since 1996. Member Mayor's Committee on Judiciary, 1965-1972, vice chairman, 1972-1974.
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Author: The Art of Questioning: Thirty Maxims of Cross-Examination, 1987, Flights of Memory-Days Before Yesterday, 1989, Rascals: The Selling of the Legal Profession, 1989, One World at a Time: Tales of Murder, Joy and Love, 1991, Village: Where to Live and How to Live, 1997. Editor: Riot of the Century (Civil War Draft Riot 1863), 1999. Author essays, articles on law profession, life and humor, public nationally.
Member New York County Republican Committee, since 1958. Counsel on crime to Nelson Rockefeller, Campaign for Governor New York State, 1968. Board directors Yale Alumni Fund, 1979-1984.
Board directors, president Episcopal Church Foundation, 1989-1993. Master of ceremonies Yale Class of 1944 50th Reunion, 1994, 55th reunion, 1999. Chairman, co-founder Design and Art Society, Ltd., New York City.
President Trustees Riot Relief Fund. Member Presidential Library. George Heriot-Watt University Bush, 2004.
Founding member Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida. Mediator, East Side New York gang warfare, 1956-1957. Counsel Grand Jury Association New York County, 1956-1979.
Orientation specialist United States Army World War II, 1943-1946. Editor in church Camp Bowie Blade (commendation), Brownwood, Texas, 1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation, New York State Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, World Association Lawyers (founding), Society Colonial Wars, New England Society, Sons of the Revolution, New York State Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, Federal Bar Council Foundation (trustee, president 1961-1962, chairman board 1962-1964, chairman judiciary committee 1960-1985), chairman planning and program committee 2d circuit judicial conference 1976-1980), St. Nicholas Society (past president), Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter Yale), Phi Delta Phi (magister Waite Inn 1947, president province I 1950-1955).
Married Alexandra Johns Stoddard, May 18, 1974. Children: Peter, Blair Tillyer, Andree de Rapalyee, Nathaniel Holmes. Stepchildren: Alexandra, Brooke Stoddard, Wallace Davis.