# Phillip Snodgrass, a non-doper lawyer, killed in DC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598 "2015-02-25T19:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/1 "2015-02-25T19:03:07Z")
> **[D.C. Police: Motorist in pedestrian fatality appeared to be on narcotics](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-police-motorist-in-pedestrian-fatality-appeared-to-be-on-narcotics/2015/02/24/d3d19d74-bc69-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html)** > > James Brooks Chandler is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Philip Snodgrass. A young lawyer I knew and once had the privilege of watching try an arbitration was killed by a repeat intoxicated driver in DC. This young man was a good lawyer and on the side of the angels. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/2 "2015-02-25T21:47:35Z")
People at my office were talking about the accident. The whole story sucks. Sorry about your friend. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/3 "2015-02-26T02:33:04Z")
I’d only met him once and saw his lawyering, which was excellent, much more so when you consider he was a baby lawyer, and he and I exchanged emails on a case where we sort of shared a client. I respected him and his willingness to represent the little guy. That he is gone at 27 is a huge blow to his family, whom I never knew, and a blow to the judicial system the extent of which we will never know. So tragic. Anyway, thanks. My client sent me the article, and she is quite bummed too. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/4 "2015-02-26T02:57:07Z")
Please accept my condolences for your loss. A friend of mine was killed in DC in a hit-and-run. It was awful. I don’t know what else to say that’s helpful. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/5 "2015-02-26T04:27:49Z")
I’m okay. I really just want someplace on the internet that memorializes that another lawyer thought he was really good at what he did. Maybe someday it will comfort his family a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/6 "2015-02-26T05:08:55Z")
I knew him. Although we never met, we collaborated on stuff. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/7 "2015-02-26T06:12:10Z")
Small world, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![MerrittST76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MerrittST76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerrittST76)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/8 "2015-03-18T22:05:04Z")
I am Philip’s cousin and I wanted to thank all of you for thinking about his/our family. Philip was truly a blessing to everyone that knew him. His parents and sisters are just as wonderful as Philip and can use continued prayers. Thank you! Stephanie Merritt ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/9 "2015-03-18T22:44:36Z")
It’s always terrible when someone is taken so young, with so much life ahead of them. My condolences to your family. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/10 "2015-03-18T23:13:07Z")
I always feel a loss when someone I know a little bit dies. I feel so much that I missed the chance to get to know them better. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/11 "2015-03-19T01:29:04Z")
I especially find it sad that a drunk driver was the cause of his death. So sorry for your loss. Life just isn’t fair, is it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phillip-snodgrass-a-non-doper-lawyer-killed-in-dc/713598/12 "2015-03-19T05:44:32Z")
> [@MerrittST76](#): > > I am Philip’s cousin and I wanted to thank all of you for thinking about his/our family. Philip was truly a blessing to everyone that knew him. His parents and sisters are just as wonderful as Philip and can use continued prayers. Thank you! > Stephanie Merritt He’s gone ahead to undiscovered country, we may rest assured he goes with God, and take up the work he left unfinished.