James Clifford "Beau" Brincefield Jr., also known by his stage name, Beau James, was an American lawyer and actor. His screen credits include ''

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Life

Beau Brincefield was born in Washington, D.C. to the former Rita Spiess and James C. Brincefield.James C. Brincefield, Jr., Obituary, ''The Washington Post'', July 30, 2021. His maternal grandfather was a Washington lawyer, and his father's family was in real estate.Brent J. Schultheis, "Brincefield Profile", ''Oyez'' (Alexandria Bar Association), Feb. 2015, pp. 8-9. As a young man, he earned a real estate broker's license and went on to graduate from

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(B.A., 1963) and its

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(J.D., 1966). He was awarded a dual master's degree (Master in Science in Real Estate and Master in Business Administration in Finance) from the

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Graduate School of Business in 1976.Beau Brincefield
", Rich Rosenthal Brincefield Manitta Dzubin & Kroeger, LLP; accessed 2014.12.17. Brincefield was admitted to the Bars of

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and the

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in 1966, and worked in private practice in Virginia and D.C. thereafter. He was elected to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors' Hall of Fame in 2002. He was a co-founder of the law firm Brincefield Hartnett, P.C., and was a partner at Rich Rosenthal Brincefield Manitta Dzubin & Kroeger in

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. He was happy to lecture on real estate law, and served as a subject matter expert for ''Forbes'' magazine, ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Washington Times'', and other media. He also worked as a real estate developer in and around Alexandria. Brincefield had one child, James C. Brincefield, III, and two grandchildren.

Acting career

Although law was his principal career, Brincefield enjoyed a second, part-time career as a professional actor ( SAG-AFTRA, AEA), using the

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Beau James, taken from the Bob Hope movie. He appeared in such movies as ''

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'', and '' Species II'', as well as in a number of television programs, including the " Partners of the Heart" episode of '' American Experience'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''

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'', as well as many stage productions.Beau James
, Internet Movie Database; accessed 2014.12.17. He believed, however, that it is not good for a lawyer to be an actor, as "If a jury suspects that a lawyer is being anything but honest and candid, if the jury or judge even gets a whiff of you acting or pretending, you're a dead duck."

Bibliography

*"The New Virginia Condominium Act," American Bar Association Committee on Housing and Urban Renewal, 1974 Annual Report *"A Proposed D.C. Condominium Act," REALTOR, Volume XLIII, Number 8, August, 1975 *"Homeowner Associations: Transition from Developer Control," Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 7 VLW 884, January 25, 1993 *"Starting Strong: Evaluating and Asserting Homeowner Association Claims," Common Ground Magazine, January/February, 1994 *"Brincefield's Guide to Buying a Home: The Twenty One Biggest Mistakes People Make When They Buy a Home," United States Copyright Office Registration # TX 3-666-439, 1993

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brincefield, James C. Jr. 1941 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers Lawyers from Alexandria, Virginia Actors from Alexandria, Virginia Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Male actors from Washington, D.C.