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Charles “Chuck” H. James III, who chaired one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned businesses, has died at 62.
Mr. James, who lived in the Chicago area for extended periods, died last month at his Atlanta home as a result of heart problems, according to his sister Sarah Irby.
The fourth generation in his family to run C.H. James & Co., a Charleston, West Virginia, company founded by his great-grandfather in the 1880s, Mr. James oversaw a business that supplied produce to many restaurants, schools, grocery stores and hospitals in the Mountain State. He was credited with diversifying the company’s holdings.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Crowell & Moring is expanding its Litigation and White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement groups in San Francisco with the addition of Warrington Parker, a former federal prosecutor and first-chair trial lawyer with more than two decades of experience representing clients in high-stakes civil and criminal litigation and investigations.
Parker has tried over 20 cases to verdict, including matters related to securities fraud, money laundering, employment discrimination, racial discrimination, wrongful termination, copyright, trade secrets, violations of California bond measures statutes, product liability, product defect, and breach of contract. He has extensive experience in commercial and technology litigation, as well as False Claims Act investigations.
Dr. Winston M. Bryant Jr., a passionate ophthalmologist, swiftly passed away on October 22, 2020.  He was 91. Dr. Bryant was born in Brooklyn, NY but later traveled to Richmond, VA after matriculating into Virginia Union University. There he became a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and met his beloved late wife of sixty-five years, Lillian Dabney Bryant. Dr. Bryantâs educational journey continued in 1951, at NYU Graduate School, where his studies earned him a M.S. in Histology. The following years, Dr. Bryant put his scientific knowledge to work as a laboratory technician for the U.S. Army. The medical career that many of us admire started at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. As a recent medical school graduate in 1960, Dr. Bryantâs focus in ophthalmology and life in Philadelphia began. He first interned at Philadelphia General Hospital and later became an ophthalmology resident within the Temple University Division. After residency, his