tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27497947977580431882009-10-12T17:39:09.480-07:00A 'Photo-Biography' of the life & times of Donald L. West, Jr.The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-28708903110404604662008-04-27T16:54:00.000-07:002008-04-28T15:46:34.175-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUgQsKWgUI/AAAAAAAAADg/aeONrYmnXKM/s1600-h/DSC01654.a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUgQsKWgUI/AAAAAAAAADg/aeONrYmnXKM/s320/DSC01654.a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194093216346308930" /></a><br />Four fine gentleman celebrate the wedding of one of our own. [From left to right: Richard Jacobs, me, Brain Russell (a.k.a., the Groom), and Brain T. James.] (2003).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUc1cKWgTI/AAAAAAAAADY/hLPovHdGEW0/s1600-h/DSC02186.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUc1cKWgTI/AAAAAAAAADY/hLPovHdGEW0/s320/DSC02186.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194089449659990322" /></a><br />Some background research for Andre Johnson's 2003 $46.6 million contract. 2003.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUcO8KWgSI/AAAAAAAAADQ/SqIwYJDTZyM/s1600-h/DSC02180.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUcO8KWgSI/AAAAAAAAADQ/SqIwYJDTZyM/s320/DSC02180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194088788235026722" /></a><br />My desk at the Intercontinental Hotel in Houston, TX, while I was negotiating Andre Johnson's rookie deal with the Houston Texans. 2003.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUbAsKWgRI/AAAAAAAAADI/tEuvHxNqpcA/s1600-h/DSC01702.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUbAsKWgRI/AAAAAAAAADI/tEuvHxNqpcA/s320/DSC01702.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194087443910263058" /></a><br />With Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin at the Warrick Dunn Foundation Celebrity Bowl-A-Thon in Buckhead, GA. 2003.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUZ78KWgQI/AAAAAAAAADA/zbJd2ULGokA/s1600-h/DSC00024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUZ78KWgQI/AAAAAAAAADA/zbJd2ULGokA/s320/DSC00024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194086262794256642" /></a><br />Chilling at my friend Kirk Wagar's home in Coconut Grove, FL. 2003.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUUEcKWgPI/AAAAAAAAAC4/SG6EaUqX7Io/s1600-h/DSC00186.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUUEcKWgPI/AAAAAAAAAC4/SG6EaUqX7Io/s320/DSC00186.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194079811753378034" /></a><br />Watching Cedric Hardman sign autograpghs on Super Bowl Sunday in Orange County, CA. 2003.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX2K8KWgdI/AAAAAAAAAEs/0gzUT3XYvkE/s1600-h/West,+James,+Vaughn+and+Osbourne.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX2K8KWgdI/AAAAAAAAAEs/0gzUT3XYvkE/s320/West,+James,+Vaughn+and+Osbourne.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194328413050405330" /></a><br />UM Law Alums: me, Brian T. James, Antar Vaughn, and Sean Osbourne enjoy themselves at another BTJ party production. 2003.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUSgMKWgOI/AAAAAAAAACw/cw-8OVXTp9I/s1600-h/Headshot+Cropped.Greyscale.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBUSgMKWgOI/AAAAAAAAACw/cw-8OVXTp9I/s320/Headshot+Cropped.Greyscale.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194078089471492322" /></a><br />Headshot from 2002 while working at Steinberg, Moorad & Dunn in Newport Beach, CA.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-2870890311040460466?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-9947573740276327322008-04-27T12:23:00.000-07:002008-05-04T23:10:08.060-07:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX2SsKWgeI/AAAAAAAAAE0/nPqkhNVWJJI/s1600-h/parents+at+law+school+graduation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX2SsKWgeI/AAAAAAAAAE0/nPqkhNVWJJI/s320/parents+at+law+school+graduation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194328546194391522" /></a><br />Graduation Day with my parents and niece. 2000.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX18cKWgcI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ghNPqMXTTEc/s1600-h/Shutts+Habitat+for+Humanity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX18cKWgcI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ghNPqMXTTEc/s320/Shutts+Habitat+for+Humanity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194328163942302146" /></a><br />Pitching in to help Habitat for Humanity while clerking for Shutts & Bowen in Miami. 1998.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX12MKWgbI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1MPozExASL8/s1600-h/Shutts+group+habitat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX12MKWgbI/AAAAAAAAAEc/1MPozExASL8/s320/Shutts+group+habitat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194328056568119730" /></a><br />The Shutts & Bowen Habitat for Humanity volunteer group poses for a group shot. 1998.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1ucKWgaI/AAAAAAAAAEU/j7MvhMZZ2Zc/s1600-h/Kiara+and+me+at+Bday+party.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1ucKWgaI/AAAAAAAAAEU/j7MvhMZZ2Zc/s320/Kiara+and+me+at+Bday+party.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327923424133538" /></a><br />My niece Kiara and I at some young person's birthday party in Miami.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1h8KWgZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/9rP4X2H96cQ/s1600-h/FL+Chief+Justice+Major+B.+Harding.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1h8KWgZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/9rP4X2H96cQ/s320/FL+Chief+Justice+Major+B.+Harding.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327708675768722" /></a><br />Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Major B. Harding following UM Law's 1999 Hooding Ceremony.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1asKWgYI/AAAAAAAAAEE/SctAbW4B4zI/s1600-h/Don+and+Kiara+in+the+pool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1asKWgYI/AAAAAAAAAEE/SctAbW4B4zI/s320/Don+and+Kiara+in+the+pool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327584121717122" /></a><br />Kiara and I take a dip in the pool.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1S8KWgXI/AAAAAAAAAD8/qK-w1SvYlOw/s1600-h/Don+and+Kiara+by+pool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1S8KWgXI/AAAAAAAAAD8/qK-w1SvYlOw/s320/Don+and+Kiara+by+pool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327450977730930" /></a><br />Chilling with my niece Kiara at our home in South Miami.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1KsKWgWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/fkdcaKzWQ9Y/s1600-h/Doyle+and+West.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1KsKWgWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/fkdcaKzWQ9Y/s320/Doyle+and+West.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327309243810146" /></a><br />UM Law Interim Dean Mary Doyle poses with me for a photo. 1999.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1DsKWgVI/AAAAAAAAADs/_S744oQ2IXw/s1600-h/99-00+Society+of+Bar+%26+Gavel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX1DsKWgVI/AAAAAAAAADs/_S744oQ2IXw/s320/99-00+Society+of+Bar+%26+Gavel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194327188984725842" /></a><br />UM Law's 1999-2000 Society of Bar & Gavel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTCRMKWgJI/AAAAAAAAAB4/PF2wZnQ1Kd0/s1600-h/Leigh+Book+Signing.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTCRMKWgJI/AAAAAAAAAB4/PF2wZnQ1Kd0/s320/Leigh+Book+Signing.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193989870843232402" /></a><br />With Leigh Steinberg and fellow UM Law students during a book signing on the UM campus for his book, "Winning with Integrity."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTB3MKWgII/AAAAAAAAABw/XH1zj-hs_ts/s1600-h/Speech+on+Bricks.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTB3MKWgII/AAAAAAAAABw/XH1zj-hs_ts/s320/Speech+on+Bricks.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193989424166633602" /></a><br />Giving a speech on the Bricks at UM Law.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBS_kcKWgHI/AAAAAAAAABo/A6FcNF815Dg/s1600-h/IA+Officers.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBS_kcKWgHI/AAAAAAAAABo/A6FcNF815Dg/s320/IA+Officers.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193986903020830834" /></a><br />The 1999-2000 Iron Arrow Officers. [From left to right, Mickey Marrero (Medicine Man), me (Son-of-Chief), and Johan Ali (Chief).]<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBS9EcKWgFI/AAAAAAAAABY/zuCWT4xzYRs/s1600-h/scan0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBS9EcKWgFI/AAAAAAAAABY/zuCWT4xzYRs/s320/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193984154241761362" /></a><br />Me and my niece Kiara in Coconut Grove, Florida after a photo shoot for my S.B.A. President campaign poster . Spring, 1999.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-994757374027632732?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-16188468682450619232008-04-27T12:22:00.000-07:002008-04-28T05:52:15.792-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTU4sKWgNI/AAAAAAAAACg/5uICXKTps14/s1600-h/Fatigues+Group.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTU4sKWgNI/AAAAAAAAACg/5uICXKTps14/s320/Fatigues+Group.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194010340657365202" /></a><br />The Men of FAMU's N.R.O.T.C. Unit at Camp Pendleton in California. (Summer 1994).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTUR8KWgMI/AAAAAAAAACY/5BwITXMNZhw/s1600-h/Driving+USS+Drum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTUR8KWgMI/AAAAAAAAACY/5BwITXMNZhw/s320/Driving+USS+Drum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194009674937434306" /></a><br />Driving the U.S.S. Drum, (a diesel submarine), off the coast of San Diego, California. (Summer 1994).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTUDsKWgLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/56Mf2x_jHNU/s1600-h/FAMU+Relays+III.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTUDsKWgLI/AAAAAAAAACQ/56Mf2x_jHNU/s320/FAMU+Relays+III.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194009430124298418" /></a><br />Racing over the 110M High Hurdles at the FAMU Relays as a freshman in 1994. (Teammate Marcus Dixon is to the left.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTT-sKWgKI/AAAAAAAAACI/GnEHNeV5_uk/s1600-h/ACC+Championship+III.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBTT-sKWgKI/AAAAAAAAACI/GnEHNeV5_uk/s320/ACC+Championship+III.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194009344224952482" /></a><br />Clearing a hurdle at the 1994 Outdoor ACC Championships.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-1618846868245061923?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-58099990108137493312008-04-27T12:20:00.000-07:002008-04-27T12:22:28.133-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-5809999010813749331?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-78872841230170500242008-04-27T12:19:00.000-07:002008-04-28T09:16:24.626-07:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX4JMKWgfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4MKKMa4Z1q4/s1600-h/HHS+coming+out+of+tunnel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/SBX4JMKWgfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4MKKMa4Z1q4/s320/HHS+coming+out+of+tunnel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194330582008889842" /></a><br />Coming out of the tunnel after half-time of a H.H.S. football game. (I am #19).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-7887284123017050024?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2749794797758043188.post-90984375060670390752008-04-27T12:18:00.000-07:002008-04-27T12:19:17.729-07:00yeah<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2749794797758043188-9098437506067039075?l=donwestjr.blogspot.com'/></div>The Legacy Lawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530556801167312155donwestjr@aol.com0