United States Court of Appeals Fourth Judicial Circuit CHAMBERS OF J. SPENCER BELL UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE CHARLOTTE I , NORTH CAROLINA [handwritten letter] Monday Dear Mr. Sokol: In so far as you have made our work easier and our judgments more just, we are indebted to you. On the tortuous path to mercy and Justice…

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Judicial Circuit Chambers of Simon E. Sobeloff United States Circuit Judge Baltimore 2, Maryland November 19, 1965 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Appellate Legal Aid School of Law University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Dear Mr. Sokol: To my colleagues and to me your leaving the University of Virginia and terminating…

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Judicial Circuit November 19, 1965 CHAMBERS OF CLEMENT F. HAYNSWORTH, JR. CHIEF JUDGE GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29603 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Director, Appellate Legal Aid School of Law, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Dear Mr. Sokol: It is with real regret that I received your letter of yesterday,…

ALBERT V . BRYAN UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Dear Mr. Sokol: The regret is ours. Yours has been a superb contribution to the work of this court, heightened by the privilege of your friendship. All of us will miss you. I trust your duties in Europe will not be overtasking, or so absorbing…

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Judicial Circuit November 22, 1965 CHAMBERS OF HERBERT S. BOREMAN UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Director, Appellate Legal Aid School of Law, University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Dear Mr. Sokol: It is a matter of great concern to me and to the…

University of Alabama University, Alabama 35486 School of Law Office of the Dean July 3, 1967 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol C/o Mr. Masaokoike 3-35-14 Nishi-Kaiwa Edogama-Ku Tokyo, Japan Dear Ron: If I had written you everytime I have thought of doing so, you would be inundated with mail. The proverbial path to hell could have…

[handwritten letter] Hashimoto Apt. 18, Kamiyacho, Shiba Minato-Ku Tokyo 28 July 1967 Dear Dan, I was very glad to get your letter and learn that you and Jan are well, that you have not given way to despair after a year in the dean’s chair at Alabama and to hear the general news of what…

The University of Alabama School of Law Box 1435, University, Alabama 35486 Office of the Dean Tuscaloosa 348-5930, Area 205 1967-1975 December 20, 1967 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Hashimoto Apartment 18, Kamiyacho, Shiba Minato-Ku Tokyo, Japan Dear Ron: Many thanks for the fine Christmas card. It was indeed good to hear from you again. You…

4 August 1968 Dear Dan, I am shoulder deep in habeas corpus. I have already churned out a nondescript, insipid article on the subject for Am. Jur.’s Encyclopedia of Trials. Despite the mediocre result it did get me back into the subject and brought me to grips with the new developments, the 1968 amendments and,…

AIR FRANCE, EN PLEIN CIEL, LE Hotel San Regis 12, rue Jean Goujon Paris 8 2 September ’68 Dear Dan, I am now en route back to Paris and am taking the first moment I’ve had since I received your letter a few days ago to thank you for it. Your confirmation of my child…

29 December 1969 Dear Dan, I have just returned from London where I learned from Lyn Mostyn of your replacing Dillard. Does this mean you are taking over his chair? To return to Charlottesville under any conditions gives me great pleasure as it means you will he more accessible. If you are taking over Dillard’s…

Meador Office of the Deputy Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20530 February 11, 1970 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 12, rue de l’Universite Paris Vll, France Dear Mr. Sokol: The Attorney General has asked me to acknowledge and thank you for your letter on behalf of Daniel J. Meador whom you recommend for a future Supreme Court…

The University of Alabama School of Law Box 1435, University, Alabama 35486 Office of the Dean Tuscaloosa 348-5930 Area 205 February 20, 1970 Mr. Ronald Sokol 12, rue de l’Universite Paris 7, France Dear Ron: This is just a hasty note to acknowledge receipt of your letter of February 14th and your story on “The…

April 15, 1971 University of Virginia Charlottesville – Virginia – 22901 School of Law [manuscript letter on letterhead] Dear Ron, Here is your world’s worst correspondent getting down to writing that he is indeed alive and well. It is un- believable that it was August that you were here and now it is April–income tax…

Ronald P. Sokol Justice After Darwin These essays represent the culmination of fifteen years of thought and writing during which Sokol has tried to clarify and sharpen our understanding of the notions of equality and justice. The effort began in the late 1950’s with a long essay entitled The Puzzle of Equality which was completed…

University of Virginia (804) Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 924-3853 School of Law: Tel. 924-0311: Meador: 296-9909 July 29, 1975 (617) 487-9500 Mr.Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence France Dear Ron: Justice After Darwin [underline] is indeed a pleasant surprise. I recall that you had been brooding about these matters for some years. Yet I did not know that…

University of Virginia Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 School of Law November 10, 1975 Mr. Ronald E.[sic] Sokol 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en Provence, FRANCE Dear Ron: We have by no means forgotten your generous suggestion of annual foundation support for private international law. Shortly after our last talk with you I discussed the idea with Dean Paulsen, Em Spies (who…

Ronald P. Sokol Attorney-at-Law Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence (France) Notre Ref. Meador, D. RS/5/76 Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 3 January 1976 Dear Dan: I haven’t replied to your letter of November 10th for the simple reason that time passes too quickly, and I have…

University of Virginia Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 School of Law January 13, 1976 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence, France Dear Ron: Many thanks for your letter of January 3 with the enclosed copy of the letter to Dean Paulsen. I can fully understand the situation, but I do hope that you will not let it languish…

University of Virginia Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 School of Law Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law 804/924-3853 November 23, 1976 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Thanks for the announcement of your new association. I take this to be a good sign that things are developing well in your prac- tice. Your…

[BEST COPY AVAILABLE] Dear Dan: I have been dreadfully negligent in writing, and I suppose [it?] is part of the price of my re-emergence into the active practice [.?] Let me say first that I long ago received the five Magna [Carta ?] for which I was most grateful. Your essay was extensively cited [in an?] article that I…

University of Virginia Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 School of Law Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law February 9, 1977 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Sokol and Bodin Attorneys and Counselors at Law 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Dear Ron: Many thanks for your letter of January 21. This has to be a hasty note. My life has been…

Sokol & Bodin Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Avocats Americains 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. REFÉRENCE 02 340 01 RS/sj/109/77 14 February 1977 Dear Dan: I just got your letter Saturday, two days after reading in the International Herald Tribune…

Ronald P. Sokol Attorney at Law Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence (France) Notre Ref: 02 371 03 02 340 01 RS/sj/243/77 Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. Date 7 April 1977 Dear Dan: Some members of the local French bar in Nice are organizing…

United States Department of Justice Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 May 17, 1977 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Ais-En-Provence France Dear Ron: I regret to say that before I could get full information in response to your letter of April 7, I was committed to…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Daniel J. Meador, Esq. Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 U.S.A. Reference 02 340 01 RS/sj/495/77 22 June 1977 Dear Mr. Meador: Thank you for your letter of May 17, 1977 addressed to Mr. Sokol which I received…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provance France Daniel J. Meador Assistant Attorney General University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville Virginia U.S.A. 02 340 01 RS/ne/584/77 25 July 1977 Dear Dan, I was particularly sorry not to have been able to speak to you again before my departure. I was…

United States Department of Justice Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 August 25, 1977 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain – Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Many thanks for your most recent letter. Your calls from Milwaukee to Boston were extremely welcome. They helped dispel the long…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Daniel J. Meador, Esq. Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 U.S.A. Reference: 02 340 01 RS/sj/270/78 19 January 1978 Dear Dan: This is just a short note to ask whether you would be willing to move my Admission…

United States Department of Justice Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 January 31, 1978 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: I am happy to move your admission to the Supreme Court and I have signed and mailed the papers today. This is…

United States Department of Justice Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 February 13, 1978 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Your Supreme Court papers arrived just as I was leaving for Boston, but I did have time to sign them and get…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Reference: 02 350 01 RS/sj/36/78 Honorable Hardy C. Dillard Clark Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. 16 February 1978 Dear Hardy: Just a word to inquire whether I could at some point, if it is convenient, come to the Hague for…

University of Virginia Charlottesville-Virginia-22901 School of Law Written from 1221 Rugby Road Charlottesville, Va. 22903 March 6, 1978 Via Airmail Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence France Dear Ron: As I hope you inferred, your letter of 16 February was delayed in reaching me as it was forwarded from The Hague. Of course I…

20 March 1978 Dear Dan: Both yours of January 31st and February 13th have both come, although they seem to take an unduly long time to do so. The one of the 31st did not get here until March 2nd which is about twenty-five days longer than a letter between here and Washington usually takes.…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Honorable Hardy C. Dillard Cour Internationale de Justice La Haye PAYS BAS Reference: 02 361 04 RS/sj/80/78 30 March 1978 Dear Hardy: I wasn’t certain where you were so I wrote you at the Hague. I hope to see you very soon and…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Judge Hardy C. Dillard Cour Internationale de Justice La Haye PAYS BAS Reference 01 160 02 RS/sj/94/78 5 April 1978 Dear Hardy: It was good to talk to you, and I look forward to seeing you on the 17th. Should that date in…

Cour Internationale de Justice Palais de la Paix La Haye Pays Bas Telegr. Intercourt LaHaye Telephone 92 44 41 International Court of Justice Peace Palace The Hague Netherlands Cables: Intercouirt The Hague Telephone 92 44 41 10 April 1978 Dear Ron, I enclose a copy of my comment on your application. As per instructions copies…

United States Department of Justice Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 April 12, 1978 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence, FRANCE Reference: 02 340 01 RS/sj/38/78 Dear Ron: It is good to hear from you again, but I am amazed that my last two letters…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Honorable Hardy C. Dillard 1221 Rugby road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 U.S.A. Reference: 01 160 02 RS/sj/169/78 2 May 1978 Dear Hardy: I have just returned from Milwaukee and only now have a chance to write to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing…

Cour Internationale de Justice Palais de la Paix La Haye Pays Bas Telegr. Intercourt LaHaye Telephone 92 44 41 International Court of Justice Peace Palace The Hague Netherlands Cables: Intercouirt TheHague Telephone 92 44 41 Typed by HCD/Be charitable May 9, 1978 Dear Ron, Thanks for your letter of 2May. It was jolly seeing you…

Hardy Cross Dillard 1221 Rugby Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 June 7, 1978 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence France Dear Ron: In rustling through my file I came across a copy of my letter to you of May 9, but for the life of me I cannot remember whether I ever sent you that…

Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain-Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence France Honorable Hardy Cross Dillard 1221 Rugby Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 U.S.A. Reference: 01 160 02 RS/sj/35/78 15 June 1978 Dear Hardy: No, you did not remember to send the photo, and I was just thinking the other day that perhaps I should write…

Room 4234 U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 United States of America June 16, 1978 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence, FRANCE Dear Ron: Many thanks for the clipping from the Paris paper. This was fascinating reading, and I appreciate the opportunity of getting this glimpse of you and…

I guess I am suffering the usual tribulations of law practice as I wanted to reply to your last letter which reached me on June 24th before I left for the States at the end of June. Then when I didn’t get to do it, I consoled my- self by the thought that I would call you from the States. I have now been…

Dear Ron, I was sorry that you could not make it because we had a rather interesting series of hearings. Incidentally, I think I sent you a photo several months ago from Virginia. Because mails are so uncertain I am wondering if it arrived in good shape. Hurriedly but cordially, Hardy Cross Dillard Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard…

November 10, 1975 Mr. Ronald E . Sokol 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en Provence, FRANCE Dear Ron: We have by no means forgotten your generous suggestion of annual foundation support for private international law. Shortly after our last talk with you I discussed the idea with Dean Paulsen, Em Spies (who will be Acting Dean commencing in…

17 November 1978 I did get your photograph and was absolutely de- lighted with it! I wrote you at your Charlottesville address immediately upon receiving it and am very sorry you have not received the letter as I fervently ex- pressed my appreciation both for the photo and for your very kind and flattering inscription. The photo,…

Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 13450 Puyricard Aix-En-Provence, FRANCE Dear Ron: Your welcome letter has been in my “To Be Answered” file for several months. I now hasten to write with the hope of reaching you with Yuletide Greetings. To bring you up on events, and to answer some questions in your letter, I underwent another…

Dear Dan, I very much enjoyed your letter as it had been so long, or at least seemed so long, since I had any word of you at all. The closing out of all I hope for the recovery of at least some of your sight is a cruel blow. I shall say no more. I have thought of you often in the past six…

MEMORANDUM TO MEMBERS OF THE ABA ACTION COMMISSION ON REDUCTION OF COURT COSTS AND DELAY Attached is an excerpt from a letter I received recently from Ronald Sokol, an American lawyer who practices in Aix-en-Provence, France. Sokol is a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School who has been living and practicing law in France for…

2 May 1979 Just a short note to say that I received the other day your article in the Georgetown L. J. on the English appellate process from an American pers- pective. I no longer recall whether I saw the title in the Contents of Current Legal Periodicals and ordered it myself or if you…

Room 4234 United States Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 May 31, 1979 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Américain Conseil Juridique AIX-EN-PROVENCE 13540 Puyricard France   Dear Ron: At long last there is on the way to you a photograph. I finally decided that the only way to get a photograph of myself without…

Saturday, 21 July 1979 Dear Dan, The photograph has come, and I am delighted! The “friendly observers” you refer to in your letter merit something of a reprimand. The photo is more than “all right.” It is an excellent likeness, and I am very very happy to have it. I was especially pleased with your thoughtfulness…

File c./other Sokol Letters [handwritten note] January 7, 1980 [Internal evidence, plus a handwritten strike-through of the zero in 1980, indicates that the date is actually 1981. See the reference to “the new Administration,” below.] Mr. Ronald Sokol Associate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Many thanks for your Christmas card and…

LAW OFFICES RONALD P. SOKOL AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN – CONSEIL JURIDIQUE 13540 PUYRICARD TÉL . . . (42) 92-08-20 AIX-EN-PROVENCE CABLE . . . AKIRA AIX FRANCE TÉLEX . . .401219 DOUGLAS C. WOODWORTH MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA BAR AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN Prof. Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 RÉFÉRENCE 02…

[Christmas card cover image of Virgin and Child with angel] We are still awaiting your visit to the South of France. In the meantime, we send you our warmest wishes for a [printed text, “Season’s Greetings” in several languages] Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy, and productive 1981. I am still hoping to make it…

January 7, 1981 Mr. Ronald Sokol Associate Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Many thanks for your Christmas card and message. I am afraid that we were somewhat remiss in getting out cards this year, but I nevertheless send belated best wishes, to all of you for the New Year, with the…

LAW OFFICES RONALD P. SOKOL AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN – CONSEIL JURIDIQUE 13540 PUYRICARD TÉL. . . . (42) 92-08-20 AIX-EN-PROVENCE CABLE . . .AKIRA AIX FRANCE TÉLEX . . . 401209 DOUGLAS C. WOODWORTH The Honorable Hardy C. Dillard MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA BAR 1221 Rugby Road AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 U.S.A. RÉFÉRENCE 02 360…

[Note: handwritten insertions are in square brackets below.] September 8, 1981 Mr. Ronald Sokol [Avocate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE] Dear Ron: Well here we are under way with another academic year, and I am once more attempting to [usher] beginning students into that near-mystical common law process whereby the facts of a…

December 11, 1981 Mr. Ronald Sokol Avocate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: I write to send Christmas greetings to you and your family. I do this in lieu of a Christmas caird, as we are behind at this point in our cards, and I did want to get word to you…

April 30, 1982 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol [some letters unclear] Avocate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE: Dear Ron: The enclosed reprint came to me recently, and it immediately occurred to me that it might be of interest to you. On seeing the title and sensing what was involved, my first thought was of…

[Note: With the exception of letterhead verbiage, this letter is handwritten.] -1- Ronald P. Sokol [hotel seal] 13540 Puyricard France TELEGRAMS TELEFONE RITZOTEL HOTEL RITZ 684131 LISBOA TELEX : LISBOA 12589 AN INTER-CONTINENTAL HOTEL ✭✭✭✭✭ Lisbon, 10 May 1982 Dear Dan, At last I have slunk away with wife and one child for a much-needed…

[Note: With the exception of the Hotel stationary verbiage, this is a handwritten letter.] -4- [sic] Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard France Chateau de la Caze [Coat of Arms] ✭✭✭✭ [Hotel Stationary] 14 June 1982 Dear Dan, Having been back from Lisbon less than a month, I have run off for a four-day weekend with…

[Note: This is a handwritten letter.] Ronald P. Sokol 13540 Puyricard (France) London 18 September 1983 Dear Dan, Upon returning from a 2 week holiday in England in August, I found on my desk a clipping saying you had received the AJS’s Justice Award, and I have been wanting to write to offer my heartfelt…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE – VIRGINIA – 22901 SCHOOL OF LAW DANIEL J. MEADOR JAMES MONROE PROFESSOR O F LAW 804/924- 3947 October 14, 1983 Mr. Ronald Sokol Avocate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard . Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron, Many thanks for your recent letter. It was sent along to me in – of all…

[Note: mistakes below are as found in the letter. Initial letters of lines inserted (when cut off) according to common sense.] Reҫu le 26 AOUT 1985 August 18, 1985 Dear Ron, I understand that Ned and Ann Slaughter are heading your way soon. They are long-time friends of ours in Charlottesville, and I am sure…

[Note: Run-ons corrected below. All other mistakes are present in the original.] Reҫu le 08 AVR. March 29, 1986 Dear Ron, As you can probably detect, I am writing on a word processor. It is the talking computer about which you some time ago. The equipment arrived in December, and ever since then I have…

LAW OFFICES OF RONALD P. SOKOL CABINET JURIDIQUE AIX-ENPROVENCE RONALD P. SOKOL AVOCAT AMERICAIN CONSEIL JURIDIQUE MEMBER OF THE WISCONSIN BAR TEL . . . (42) 92-08-20 DOUGLAS C. WOODWORTH TELEX . . . 40-12-19 SOKOL AVOCAT AMERICAIN – CONSEIL JURIDIQUE MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA BAR Prof. Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Charlottesville – Virginia – 22901 School of Law Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law 804/924-3947 Reҫu le 9 JUIN 1986 June 2, 1986 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocate Américain Counseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Pr ovence France Dear Ron: Thank you very much for your letter. It whets all the more…

October 26, 1987 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Avocate Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: You may remember my old friend L. Q. C. Lamar. About twenty-one years ago I stored in the attic two large cardboard cartons filled with research notes and drafts of chapters for a projected book on him. I…

January 6, 1988 Isola [sic] 2000 Dear Dan, I apologize for the long delay in responding to your letter. Running a small law office is a time-consuming operation, occasionally even all-consuming. I did read your Lamar article at once and greatly enjoyed it. It brought back a flood of fond memories of our discussions a…

August 15, 1988 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocate Americain Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyrichard Aix-en-Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: I greatly appreciated your letter of last winter. I do not know where the time has gone, as I have long intended to write again. In the meantime, we have finished up another academic year, and a new…

Ronald P. Sokol B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22904 15 May 1989 Dear Dan, To my astonishment, your last letter, which I have sitting in front of me, is dated August 15, 1988. I had been thinking about it for what…

June 21, 1989 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Avocat Americain – Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard AIX-En Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: Your welcome letter arrived in the midst of my extensive absence from the Law School. First, I went through the Soviet Union, with stays in Moscow, Leningrad, and Tallinn. The latter was most interesting to me…

September 5, 1989 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Avocat Americain – Conseil Juridique 13540 Puyricard Aix-En Provence FRANCE Dear Ron: I was rather expecting to hear from you somewhere along the way in July or August, assuming that you were in North Carolina during some of that time. Did you not get there or were you…

Ronald P. Sokol B .P . 3 13540 Puyricard Prof. Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 USA 14 September 1989 Dear Dan, Mea culpa, mea culpa! Yours of the 5th came yesterday, and made me realize that I had not even acknowledged your article on “God, Law, and Sir…

December 21, 1989 Ronald P. Sokol, Esq. Cabinet Juridique – Avocats Americains B. P. 3 – 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: I write to send you best wishes for the Christmas and the New Year-not only the new year but the new decade! I note that we are about to enter not only the last…

July 2, 1990 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard, France Dear Ron: Many thanks for your note, indicating that you will again be at Lake Lure. If you can arrange to run up to Charlottesville, please try to do so. Otherwise, I hope that you can bestir yourself sufficiently to give me a…

November 27, 1990 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Avocat Américain Conseil Juridique 13540 PUYRICHARD AIX-EN-PROVENCE FRANCE Dear Ron: In catching up on my back reading, I have just now had a chance to read your piece on the law-making process in France. I have read it with much interest and pleasure. I gather that what you…

Ronald P. Sokol B.B. 3 13540 Puyricard France January 6, 1991 Dear Dan, I have been a negligent correspondent as I have both your note of July 2nd and your more recent letter of November 27th. I seem to be going through a period when events unfold at an ever-accelerated rate. I suspect it is…

April 15, 1991 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Cabinet juridique B.P. 3 13 540 PUYRICARD France Dear Ron: Justice Stewart Pollock of the Supreme Court of New Jersey is one of the outstanding graduates of our Graduate Program for Judges. He was just here to sit as a judge on our Moot Court finals, and he…

LAW OFFICES OF RONALD P. SOKOL CABINET JURIDIQUE AIX-EN-PROVENCE RONALD P. SOKOL AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN – CONSEIL JURIDIQUE MEMBER OF THE WISCONSIN BAR DOUGLAS C, WOODWORTH TÉL : 42 92 08 20 AVOCAT AMÉRICAIN – CONSEIL JURIDIQUE TÉLÉCOPIE : 42 92 14 51 MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA BAR THÉRÈSEK. SILVESTRE Professor Daniel J. Meador AVOCAT AMÉRICAINE…

Justice Stewart G. Pollock Morris County Courthouse Supreme Court of New Jersey P.O. Box 900 Morristown, N.J. 07953-0900 [office stamp] April 23, 1991 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Cabinet juridique B.P. 3 13 540 PUYRICARD France Dear Mr. Sokol: I just received a copy of Dan Meador’s gracious letter telling you about our forthcoming trip to…

Ronald P. Sokol B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard France Begun on 21 July 1991. . . . Continued on 20 September 1991 Dear Dan, It took quite a while for West Publishing to get your book on American Courts to me, but I have had it now for awhile. I read through it from cover to…

[flier, first sheet; text to the left of fold.] Location of Offices Offices are located in the village of Puyricard, seven kilometers (4.2 miles) north of Aix-en- Provence, thirty kilometers ( 18 miles) north of Marseille, thirty minutes from the Marseille air- port, one hour from Paris by plane. ADDRESS 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard…

Ronald P. Sokol B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard France Begun on 18 Nov. 1992. . . . Continued on 2 Dec. 1992 Dear Dan, It has been a long time since I have heard from you, and I thought I would dash off a few lines to reassure myself that you are all right and that…

RECEIVED UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA DEC 18 1992 SCHOOL OF LAW CABINET JURIDIQUE SOKOL CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22901 [office stamp] Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law [itals.] December 11, 1992 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: Thank you for your recent letter. I do indeed apologize for my long delay…

SOKOL LAW OFFICES FRENCH AND AMERICAN LAWYERS AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. 20 March 1994 Dear Dan, I received a few weeks ago the long-awaited piece on Lamar which I immediately read straight through. After a 30 year wait…

August 1, 1994 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices Avenue de la Rostolane B.P.3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: Your letter of this past March was much appreciated. As usual I have procrastinated in responding, with the usual array of excuses. Now that I am nearing the end of our six-week stretch with the…

Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. Begun Sunday, 05 February, 1995 Dear Dan, If it has taken me some time to get around to writing to you, it certainly has not been from lack of thinking about…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law, Emeritus [itals.] February 7, 1995 Mr. Ronald E Sokol Avenue de la Rostolane B.P. 3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: Thanks for your letter informing me that HFH had arrived. This has all been quite an unusual experience. I have now…

Ronald P. Sokol 76 Hamilton Terrace St. John’s Wood London NWS 9UL Tel: (44) 71-286-4878 Fax: (44) 71-289-7584 Mr. Daniel J. Meador 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 Via Fax: 804-924-7536 Wednesday, 22 February, 1995 Dear Dan, I am having difficulty keeping up with the accelerating rythmn of your letters. I have had under way…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] February 27. 1995 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol RECEIVED Sokol Law Offices MAR 0 7 1995 14, rue Principale CABINET JURIDIQUE SOKOL [office stamp] 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: It was good to hear your voice from London, and I…

Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. Tuesday, 07 March, 1995 Dear Dan, Yours of February 27th just arrived. I shall meet you at the Marseille airport on Friday, June 9th at 10:30. I shall also be responsible…

Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. Tuesday, 14 March, 1995 Dear Dan, I thought I would send you and Jan a little homework for your trip to Provence. I can’t recall whether I sent you the two…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW RECEIVED Daniel J. Meador JUN 01 1995 James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] CABINET JURIDIQUE SOKOL [office stamp] May 12, 1995 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 1986-1995 [handwritten notation] 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: We are still set to arrive at the Marseille Airport on…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law [itals.] June 1, 1995 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: This is simply to reconfirm that we are scheduled to arrive in Marseille on Friday, June 9, at 10:25 a.m., on Air Inter Flight…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] June 28, 1995 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: We are safely back in station after a most interesting and successful trip. You and Junko gave us a splendid start. Indeed, as…

Ronald P. Sokol 15, Chemin du Castellas 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 U.S.A. Thursday, 05 October, 1995 Dear Dan, I received HCD Writings and Speeches about a week ago but have delayed replying because I wanted to dip into it. I have done more;…

SOKOL LAW OFFICES [itals.] RONALD P. SOKOL AIX-EN-PROVENCE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW FRANCE AVOCAT A LA COUR Professor Daniel J. Meador University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 Thursday, 16 November, 1995 Dear Dan, My desire to write seems to come and go. I get ideas. I think of the work involved in bringing them to…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOLOF LAW Daniel J. meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] January 17, 1996 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14. rue Principale – B.P.3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: Let me begin with profound apologies for not having responded sooner to your last letter, not to mention the earlier one. Apart from…

Sokol Law Offices Ronald P. Sokol Aix-en-Provence Attorney-at-Law France Avocat à la Cour Tuesday, 06 February, 1996 Dear Dan, This is not a proper reply to your letter which came yesterday, but just a note to let you know that I leave the day after tomorrow for Cambodia where I expect to stay about three…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] March 5, 1996 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14, rue Principale B.P.3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: It was a pleasant surprise to learn from your last letter that you were on the way to Cambodia. I am surprised that…

SOKOL LAW OFFICES [itals.] RONALD P. SOKOL AIX-EN-PROVENCE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW FRANCE AVOCAT A LA COUR Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Wednesday, 13 March, 1996 Dear Dan, Yours of the 5th crossed the Confidential Report that I sent to Gay McDougall with a…

SOKOL LAW OFFICES [itals.] RONALD P. SOKOL AIX-EN-PROVENCE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW FRANCE AVOCAT A LA COUR Ms. Mary Lee Stapp 35 Campana Road COPY FOR YOUR INFORMATION London SW6 4AT ANGLETERRE Wednesday, 13 March, 1996 Dear Mary Lee: It was a pleasure to speak to you and to learn more about the project. As I said, it…

[Note: The following is a tri-fold announcement, consisting of a single sheet printed on both sides. Panels are numbered below, from left to right.] [Beginning of “outer” side, Panel 1] Continuing Legal Education Credit: Members of the Virginia Bar attending the program will be eligible to receive up to 7.5 credit hours from the Virginia…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [itals.] May 9, 1996 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14, rue Principale – B.P.3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: Please excuse my delay in responding to your recent communications. The last two months have been unusually busy. I have attended three…

SOKOL LAW OFFICES [itals.] RONALD P. SOKOL AIX-EN-PROVENCE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW FRANCE AVOCAT A LA COUR Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Wednesday, 19 June, 1996 Dear Dan, Many thanks for yours of May 9th. I was glad to have your reaction to my…

Ron– Sad news. Quite a shock. I’m off to Yorkshire. Will write after my return in late August. Dan 8/8/96 [All of the above is handwritten.] [newspaper clippings follow] Richard B. Lillich Richard B. Lillich, ‘Howard W. Smith Professor of Law at the Uni- versity of Virginia, Edward Ball Eminent Professor in International Law at…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [ital.] December 18, 1996 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14, rue Principale-B.P.3 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: It has been far too long since I have written, and my only excuse is a variety of travels and involvements and the major…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Tuesday 14 January 1997 Dear Dan, I have yours of December 18th which I am answering in record time. Because my eldest son, who is an investment banker…

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus [ital.] April 21, 1997 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: As you can see, I am long overdue in responding to your letter of last January. Since receiving it, I have…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Thursday, October 16, 1997 Dear Dan, I had expected to write you in late summer, but here it is mid-October. I thoroughly enjoyed…

Commission Letterhead [Handwritten] October 19, 1998 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard FRANCE Dear Ron: This stationery should give you an inkling of what I have been doing since February. This Commission’s charge directly relates to my major interests for the last 30 years, so when Justice White called to ask me…

Christmas 1998 Dear Friends and Family, The year 1998 has turned out to be quite different from what we had envisioned at its start. Jan and I began it in January with an enjoyable cruise to six ports in New Zealand and three ports in Australia. But then out of the blue I was asked to…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard Daniel J. Meador, Esq. Executive Director Commission on Structural Alternatives Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Bldg. One Columbus Circle, N.E. Washington D.C. 20544 USA Sunday, January 10, 1999 Monday, January 11, 1999 Dear Dan, I have yours of October 19th as well as your Christmas letter. I thank…

Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building One Columbus Circle, N. E. Washington, D.C. 20544 Justice Byron R. White (Retired) Supreme Court of the United States Chair Daniel J. Meador Executive Director N. Lee Cooper, Esquire 202-208-5055 [telephone icon] Vice Chair 202-208-5102 (fax) Gilbert S. Merritt, Judge…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Tuesday, May 11, 1999 Dear Dan, Just a note to acknowledge yours of March 18th and Unforgotten which got here about ten days ago. I have put it…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Thursday, August 26, 1999 Dear Dan, Well, my notes say I finished it in early July, and I have been allowing my thoughts to simmer before writing you…

University of Virginia School of Law Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus November 9, 1999 Dear Ron, Your comments about Unforgotten are much appreciated. As I have always regarded you as a discriminating literary critic, I am especially pleased to have your favorable reaction to the novel. As you appreciate, dialogue is…

Christmas 1999 Dear Family and Friends, Jan and I send our warmest greetings on this last Yuletide of the nineteen hundreds. I do not say the last of the century or of the millenium, as I subscribe to the view that we do not reach that point until December 31, 2000. However, we are indisputably…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Monday, January 17, 2000 Dear Dan, I have in front of me your Christmas letters from 1998 and 1999 and your last letter of November 9th. My Millennium…

November 10, 2000 Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus University of Virginia School of Law Re: Gilbert C. Steindorff Dear Dan: Thank you for you thoughtful letter of recommendation on behalf of Bert Steindorff. It will be helpful to the Admissions Committee in our evaluation of his application. He sounds like a…

November 30, 2000 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard, France Dear Ron: It has been so long since I last wrote that I do not know where I left off. The biggest event of the year 2000 for me has been the move from my house of 30 years to a cottage…

Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA Wednesday, December 13, 2000 Dear Dan, It is always a pleasure to hear from you. The curious thing is I had just been thinking about you because…

Christmas, 2001 Dear Family and Friends, Jan and I send warm greetings to all of you at this our second Yuletide season in our cottage at Westminster-Canterbury. Although we have been here for over a year, we feel as though we are still getting adjusted. The accommodations are spacious and comfortable, and there are many…

Maître Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA May 5, 2002 Mailed on May 10, 2002 Dear Dan, Sometime in December of last year I switched to Windows XP and for…

Maître Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 June 27, 2002 Dear Dan, I did not think I would be writing you again so soon, but I am contemplating the filing of…

July 11, 2002 Mr. Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices 14, rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Dear Ron: I am sorely remiss in not having written you over the past year and a half. My only defense is a series of distractions. First, let me address your appellate appeal question. I have not disengaged from…

Ronald P. Sokol Sokol Law Offices 14 rue Principale 13540 Puyricard France Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA 15 November 2005 Dear Dan, It brought me great joy to learn that you are still active and involved in…

Received 19/12/05 December 13, 2005 Dear Ron, Thanks for your very newsy letter. It is always a pleasure to hear of your many activities and interests. You are quite right about the op-ed style of writing. Over the years I have undertaken a bit of it here and there. The tight word limitation means that…

June 6, 2007 Dear Ron, Recently I attended a program in Staunton and encountered Doug Woodworth. Naturally, we chatted about you, and that has prompted me finally to implement a longstanding intention to write. It has been so long since we have been in commutation [sic] that I do not know where we left off…

[printed letterhead] Maître Ronald Sokol Avocat a la Cour 14 rue Prlncipaie 13540 Puyricard France Mr. Daniel J. Meador 84 Bishops Ridge Drive Charlottesville, Virginia 22911 USA 18 September 2008 Dear Dan, You are quite right. I had no idea that Jan had passed away, and I thank you for telling me and sending the…

October 17, 2008 Dear Ron, Thank you for your letter. Jan had a long and debilitating ordeal. For the past couple of years she had been unable to talk or walk, and it is doubtful that she recognized anyone. So, under those circumstances I think her passing has to be considered a blessing for her.…

Christmas, 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Last year I let the Christmas season slip by without communicating. So I am now sending a brief update, along with my best Christmas wishes. For me, 2009 has been a fairly active, but not very dramatic, year. There have been a couple of legal conferences—one in Philadelphia and…

Professor Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1789 USA 5 January 2011 Dear Dan, I have three letters of yours in front of me, one from December, 2005, one from October, 2008, and one from Christmas, 2009. I am pretty sure I answered the 2005 letter and…

University of Virginia School of Law Daniel J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus February 11, 2011 Dear Ron, It is indeed good to hear from you after quite a stretch. I have often wondered how things were going with you and have thought of writing but have simply procrastinated. Your letter brings reassuring…

December 10, 2012 Dear Ron, It has been so long since we were in communication that I have forgotten where we left off. The past year and a half has been unusually busy for me. as I will explain below. Because of these activities my writing has diminished in recent times. My latest published work…

Professor Daniel. J. Meador James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus University of Virginia School of Law 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-1738 USA 24 January 2013                                                                 2006 – 2013 [handwritten] Dear Dan, What a pleasure to hear from you and especially to get such good news! My warmest congratulations on your marriage. I look forward…

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