That Further Shore

Foreword by Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley | xi

Preface | xv

Introduction | 1

Part I: My Family and Its Irish History

1 What's in a Name? | 9

2 Mom's and Pop's Origins | 14

3 Mom's and Pop's Childhood | 23

Part II: A New Home in America

4 An American Odyssey | 29

5 Settling in the Bronx | 38

6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family | 46

7 Uncle Pat, Our Life- Long Companion | 58

8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built | 68

Part III: My Salad Days

9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942-1950 | 75

10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950-1954 | 80

11 Fordham College, 1954-1958 | 83

12 Fordham Law School, 1958-1961 | 90

13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie | 97

Part IV: Career as a Lawyer

14 Learning in Part- Time Jobs | 107

15 Joining a Small Law Firm-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 113

16 Leaving Skadden | 126

17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview | 132

18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments | 147

19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears | 154

20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland | 162

21 Leaving the Deanship | 171

22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher | 176

Part V: The Vocation of Service

23 Serving Others | 187

24 The Voluntary Bar | 194

25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye | 199

26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions | 208

27 The Catholic Church | 213

Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem- Solving

28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution | 223

29 Conflicts in the Public Eye | 229

Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors

30 Presidential Succession | 239

31 The Electoral College System | 270

32 Other Constitutional Opportunities | 280

Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics

33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity | 289

34 New York State Ethics Commission | 297

35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission | 304

Part IX: Marriage and Family

36 Our Growing Family | 315

37 Deaths in the Family | 324

38 Roses in December-Rediscovering Mom and Pop | 335

39 My Family: Immediate and Extended | 343

Part X: On a Personal Note

40 What I Learned | 353

41 Advice to My Grandchildren | 358

Appendixes

A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family | 365

B My Dean's Reports | 368

C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal | 380

Acknowledgments | 387

Notes | 389

Index | 419

Photographs follow pages 142 and 302

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