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Bar News - September 6, 2002 In Memoriam - Lipsky, Ryan, Joyner RUBIN LIPSKY Rubin Lipsky, the oldest NH Bar member in Cheshire County, died Aug. 6, 2002, at the age of 93 at the Genesis Eldercare Center in Keene after a period of failing health. Lipsky was born in Boston on Oct. 5, 1908, the son of William and Celia (Gordon) Lipsky. He had lived in Keene since 1938. He earned his law degree from Suffolk Law School in 1932 and was admitted to the Mass. Bar in 1933. He practiced law in Massachusetts until 1938, when he relocated to Keene. He was admitted to the NH Bar in 1939. Lipsky served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his military service, he opened the Vogue Store in Keene, which he ran for more than 30 years until his retirement in 1976. He went on honorary inactive status with the NH Bar in1991. As well as being a member of the NH and Mass. bar associations, Lipsky was also a member of the Cheshire County Bar Association, of which he was past president and a former treasurer. He was a 50-plus-year member of the Gordon Bissell Post 4 American Legion and the Keene Lodge of Elks, as well as a member of the Jerusalem Lodge 104 A & FM, Bektash Temple AAONMS, Cheshire Shrine Club, Keene Country Club and Keene Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Congregation Ahavas Achim in Keene. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Florence (Aliber) Lipsky of Keene; a son, NH Bar member and former Keene Mayor Aaron A. Lipsky, who practices in Keene; a daughter, Dorothy Saks of Alexandria, Va.; four grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a son, Dr. James J. Lipsky.
ELIZABETH A. RYAN Elizabeth A. Ryan, 42, an attorney for the U.S. Senate for the past 12 years and a resident of Arlington, Va., died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002, at the Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington, Va. She was born on Dec. 5, 1959, the daughter of the late Robert M. Ryan and the late Noreen (Murphy) Ryan of Saranac, NY. Elizabeth graduated from St. John's High School in 1977 in Plattsburgh and earned her undergraduate degree from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, in 1981 and her law degree from Washington and Lee University Law School in Lexington, Va., in 1984. She was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1984. Elizabeth practiced law at Devine, Millimet & Branch in Manchester, NH, for many years, prior to moving to the Washington, D.C. area. Elizabeth began her Senate career as counsel for Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, but for the last decade served as counsel for the Senate Select Commit tee on Ethics. She was responsible for the committee's educational programs, where she became widely known and highly regarded throughout the Senate. She was also the principal author of the last two editions of the Senate Ethics Manual. Survivors include two sisters, Regina M. Ryan of Columbia, Md., and Dr. Paula D. Ryan of Boston, Mass.; a brother-in-law, Jonathan Hager of Columbia; and a niece, Audrey Hager of Columbia. Elizabeth also had many loving relatives and friends who will greatly mourn her loss.
WILLIAM JOYNER Although not a NH Bar member, Bill Joyner was a respected faculty member of Franklin Pierce Law Center for many years, working as the school's associate dean and as a professor. He died Aug. 12 in Plantersville, Miss., at the age of 59 after a long illness. Joyner was born in Pulaski, Va., the son of William and Flossie (Phillips) Joyner. He was raised in Hattiesburg, Miss., and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. He earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law and was a Fellow at Harvard University. Joyner was a member of the Mississippi and Massachusetts bar associations. Upon graduation from law school in the 1960s, he joined North Mississippi Legal Rural Services as a staff attorney, where he maintained an active civil and criminal law practice for a number of years. During that period, he was heavily engaged in civil rights litigation. In 1973, Joyner joined the Harvard Law School faculty, teaching courses on minority issues, trial practice and the lawyering process. He joined the faculty of Pierce Law in 1975, organizing the law school's trial advocacy program as well as teaching evidence, comparative law, and medicine and the law. He left the law school in 1984 due to health problems and returned to Mississippi. Survivors include his wife, Joann (Brandon) Joyner of Tupelo, Miss.; a son, Dean Hill of Pontotoc, Miss.; a daughter, Jill Riely of Tupelo, Miss.; a brother, Dale Joyner of Hattiesburg, Miss.; two sisters, Beverly Colley of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Phyliss McSwain of New Augusta, Miss.; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews.
In memory of our colleagues, the New Hampshire Bar Association's Board of Governors has contributed to the New Hampshire Bar Foundation, 112 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301.
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