Udall, Burr
This interview was recorded at Burr Udall’s office in Tucson, Arizona on December 12th, 2017 and January 16th, 2018. It covers the following themes:
Military service in US occupying force in the Philippines after World War II.
Move to Tucson in 1948 to attend the University of Arizona.
Law school and business relationship with brothers Stewart and Morris.
Burr’s life outside of law school.
Mormonism in Burr’s life.
The culture of Tucson’s legal community in the 1950s.
Changes in the legal profession from the 1950s to 20-teens.
Burr’s work today: research and mediation.
The growing role of women in law.
Civil Rights and race in Tucson.
Growth in Tucson during the 1960s.
Social importance of golf in the legal world and a description of Tucson’s golf scene in the 1950s.
The Arizona Financial Responsibility Law.
Medical malpractice work.
Changes in the relationship between insurance companies and their lawyers.
Consolidation of law firms, role of smaller law firms.
Practicing law while both brothers were prominent in national politics during the 1960s.
Different outcomes between mediated and trial cases.
Cultural consistency in Tucson versus Phoenix.