Background
Chappell, Thomas Tye was born on November 15, 1926 in Jersey City. Son of William Nelson and Florence De Chantel (Ryan) Chappell.
Chappell, Thomas Tye was born on November 15, 1926 in Jersey City. Son of William Nelson and Florence De Chantel (Ryan) Chappell.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, in Economics, 1947. Juris Doctor, 1951). Phi Delta Phi. Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice, since 1986.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Associate Emory, Langan & Lamb, 1952—1958. Partner Lamb, Chappell, Hartung, Gallipoli & Coughlin and predecessors,, Jersey City, 1958—1985, counsel DeGonge, Garrity & Fitzpatrick, Bloomfield, NJC, 1986—1988, De Gonge Chappell, Belleville, Pennsylvania, from 1988. Lecturer handling complicated litigation.
Member Civil Practice Committee Supreme Ct, New Jersey. Served 1946with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers. Member: American Bar Association (litigation specialty section), American Judicature Society (panel arbitrators), American Arbitration Association, Morris County Bar Association, Hudson County Bar Assn, New Jersey Defense Assn (secretary, treasurer), Research Institute, National Association RailRoad Trial Counsel, New Jersey State Bar Association (sports law, appllate practices, health and hospital committees), Trial Attorneys New Jersey, American Society Hospital Lawyers, American Society Law and Medicine, International Society Barristers, Springbrook, Phi Delta Phi.