James a PlessingerAuthor James Allen Plessinger First-time author James A. Plessinger graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and achieved the rank of a full Lieutenant in the US Navy. James received a Doctor of Law degree from UConn School of Law. Heparticipated in over four thousand civil and criminal cases in the states of California, and Connecticut, as a trial attorney since his admission into the Connecticut Bar in 1967, and the California Bar approximately in 1986. James was licensed to practice in all California State and Federal Courts, including the California Supreme Court. During a custody appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1979, James created a Bill of Rights for Children, which found its way into law books. At one time, the published case became the leading case regarding international custody. A great storyteller with a sense of humor, he penned his memoirs during his eighty-fourth year of life alongside his daughter as he remembered and relived memories he was excited to tell. James was a dedicated supporter of many charities with Dorothy, and both were lifetime members of the Episcopal Church. In later years, they were active members of Saint John's Episcopal Church in Roseville, California. Read More Read Less