Facing his life and his law practice without his famous father, Rosser Adams “Adam” Malone expressed gratitude for the time they had and hope for the work ahead.

“I’ve always known I had a real privilege to learn from the person I consider to be the best in the field—and who a lot of other people did too,” Adam Malone said of his father, the lawyer behind a half-century of record-setting verdicts and awards who died Oct. 1 at the age of 76.