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James Serritella (Courtesy of the law firm of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella)
The gathering had the feel of a final sendoff for a bigwig in the church: Cardinal Blase Cupich presiding over a funeral Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, accompanied by a half dozen bishops and perhaps 20 priests.
The deceased was not a churchman but a lawyer, my friend and law partner Jim Serritella, who died of heart disease April 23. The setting for his funeral seemed just right.
Over the course of nearly a half century serving as chief counsel and legal adviser to the Archdiocese of Chicago, Jim counseled four cardinals John Cody, Joseph Bernardin and Francis George in addition to Cupich.
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