John Sellier Allee

LAKEVILLE — John Sellier Allee, 78, of Lakeville, died July 25, 2010, at Noble Horizons, after a long battle against Parkinson’s disease. His family was at his bedside.

Mr. Allee grew up in Bronxville, N.Y., graduated from Wesleyan University in 1954, and was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He served primarily on Eniwetok atoll as an observer of tests of hydrogen bombs. On returning from the Army, he attended Columbia University Law School, graduating in 1960. He clerked for Justice Moore of the federal Court of Appeals in the Southern District of New York and then entered private practice at Sullivan and Cromwell.

In 1965, he joined the U.S. attorney’s office under Robert Morgenthau, eventually becoming executive assistant U.S. attorney there.

In 1971, he joined Hughes Hubbard and Reed as a partner in the litigation department and for many years specialized in the area of product liability law, authoring a definitive book on the subject.

By the early 1990s his disease made it too difficult for him to practice law so he started a graphics company at the law firm, creating new visual methods for presenting evidence in courtrooms.

Among his greatest joys were gardening, and eating pretty much anything, particularly lobster, corn and ice cream.

He is survived by his two children, John of Lakeville and David of New York City; two daughters- in-law, Jena DelPrete of Lakeville and Elaine Cohen of New York City; three grandsons, Jack, Will and Finn of Lakeville; a granddaughter, Billie,of New York City; his ex-wife, Debra; two brothers, Pete and Dennis Allee; and four nieces, two nephews, and three grandnieces. Two wives, Carol (Morse) Allee and Jane (Leff) Allee, predeceased him.

He was a kind, thoughtful man, and we will miss him always.

Donations may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation and/or Noble Horizons.

 

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