Obituaries
Mar. 1, 2021
Jack D. Fudge, 1934-2021
Fudge quickly recognized talented young associates and mentored them. He always read one more document than everyone else on the case and never quit, a colleague said.
Jack D. Fudge, U.S. Navy officer turned courtroom giant and Baker & Hostetler LLP partner, was remembered as a workhorse who took the time to mentor young associates who went on to become legal trailblazers.
Fudge died in Orange County on Feb. 22 at 86. He retired from the law in the mid-1990s.
Ward Benshoof was mentored by Fudge for years when he joined the firm then known as McCutchen, Black...
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