Edward Bennett Williams

Edward Bennett Williams (May 31, 1920–August 13, 1988) was a Washington, D.C. trial attorney who founded the law firm of Williams & Connolly and owned several professional sports teams. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and studied law at Georgetown University. He represented many high profile clients, including John Hinckley Jr., Frank Sinatra, financier Robert Vesco, Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, spy Igor Melekh, Jimmy Hoffa, organized crime figure Frank Costello, U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, corporate raider Victor Posner, Michael Milken, the Washington Post newspaper and the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Williams, who was a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University Law Center, successfully defended – among...