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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 26, 2021

Memphis lawyer Robert Louis Green died Jan. 24. He was 92. Green earned his law degree from Tulane Law School in 1956 and afterward was invited to join the law practice of Charles L. Neely. He was a partner at Neely, Green & Fargarson for many years, focusing primarily on litigation, before ending more than 60 years of legal practice with Allen, Summers, Simpson, Lillie & Gresham. Green was a past president of the Memphis Bar Association and was selected for the Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer award in 2005, and also received the Pillars of Excellence award from the University of Memphis Alumni Chapter in 2011. He served with the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners for 19 years and frequently volunteered with Memphis Area Legal Services. A funeral mass will be held at St. Louis Church, 203 S. White Station Road, on Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. CST, with burial to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The funeral mass will be viewable online. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Green's honor to the veteran's organization of your choice.