Background
Drake, Philip Meurer was born on June 10, 1925 in Flushing, New York, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Florence (Tuohy) Drake.
Drake, Philip Meurer was born on June 10, 1925 in Flushing, New York, United States. Son of Joseph W. and Florence (Tuohy) Drake.
Phillips Academy, Andover. Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1951).
Worked at Cummings & Lockwood (Greenwich, Connecticut) specializing in General Practice including: National and Regional Litigation Counsel. Commercial Law; Bankruptcy and Workouts. Commercial Lending; Corporate Finance.
Creditors" Rights.
Leasing. Mergers and Acquisitions. Partnerships and Joint Ventures.
Products Liability Litigation. Securities Regulation and Litigation.
Tax; Commercial and Residential Real Estate.
Banking and Financial Services. Intellectual Property. Labor; Employment and Benefits.
Environmental.
Health Law. Insurance. Family Law. Trusts and Estates, and Probate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1952, New New York 1955, Connecticut.
Order of the Coif (Virginia Chapter, 1951).
Associated with Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New York, 1951-1953.
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1953-1955. Trustee, University of Virginia Law School Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Cummings & Lockwood, founded in 1909, is a full service law firm that caters to both commercial entities and individual clients, while maintaining a local, regional and national practice.
In addition to serving its traditional client base, Cummings & Lockwood has steadily moved into new practice areas as the law has evolved and its clientele has expanded. The firm maintains a high degree of technical expertise in many areas of the law, the flexibility to respond to business, market and investment trends, and a commitment to fulfill the needs of those who have sought its counsel
Director Connecticut Public Expenditure Council, Hartford, since 1986. Chairman board estimate and taxation Town of Greenwich, 1978. Member charter review committee, Greenwich, 1979, 83.
Director, secretary Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, since 1970. Director, vice president Greenwich Boys Club, 1988. Trustee Thomas More House, Yale University, New Haven, since 1965, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1980-1984, University Virginia Law School Foundation, since 1988.
Chairman Weicker for United States Senate committee, 1970, 76. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Fellow American College Probate Counsel, American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Council (chairman executive committee 1979), Andover Alumni Association (former vice president), Blind Brook Club (Rye Brook, New York, board directors since 1986), Round Hill Club (Greenwich), Kittansett Club (Marion, Massachusetts, board directors since 1988), Order of Coif.
Married Susan Elston Wallace, January 31, 1949. Children: Anne, Kathleen, Margaret, Holly.