William Talley Jr. ’80

William Talley Jr. ’80, of Providence, R.I.; Nov. 25. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and became a criminal defense lawyer for more than 35 years, working as an attorney for the Committee for Public Counsel Services and as a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School. He had also been a faculty member at the Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory Law. He was an All-American athlete, playing football, basketball, and baseball, and he enjoyed all Cleveland sports teams. He coached basketball at the Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club for many years and served on the board of trustees of the Gordon School. For more than 30 years he was an active and proud member of his book group, the Genius Men’s Book Club, as well as an avid and talented photographer. He is survived by a son, his mother, and a brother.