Funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on February 9, 2021 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Community Church, 5655 Stadium Pkwy Viera, Florida 32940 and will also be live streaming at https://youtu.be/UvG1-mbN3GE. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rollins College, St. Thomas University, UF Law's Peter T. Fay Jurist-in-Residence Program, Wounded Warriors, or the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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The Herald Obit was great. Judge Fay was the last surviving member of the original owners of the Miami Dolphins. How cool is that? The story of him overruling a Huck ruling in the nicest way possible reminds us there was a time the law was practiced in a civilized manner without all the nasty comments and meanness that permeates a certain local state court blog for example. Judge Fay was from an era where Judges and lawyers considered themselves colleagues in a joint effort for justice.
ReplyDeleteActually he wasn’t an original owner Sara Frates, the widow of Judge Fay’s partner Bill told me the members of the firm acquired a minority interest in lieu of a fee in the divorce of one of the original limited partners.
ReplyDeleteJudge Fay, as a district judge, used to take cases in the cities which were hosting Super Bowls.