By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.comJoseph Lamendella, a Chicago native and former assistant U.S. Attorney who became an expert in prosecuting mobsters, died at age 73, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The paper reported that Lamendella died in Evanston Hospital from complications resulting from a broken hip.
Lamendella earned a law degree from John Marshall Law School, then worked for the IRS before becoming an assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago in the 1960s, the Sun-Times reported.
During those years, he became one of the experts in the office in prosecuting mobster cases, which included that of famous Chicago mobster Sam Battaglia, Lamendella’s son told the Sun-Times.
“Battaglia was known as the Al Capone of his day,” son Michael Lamendella told the Sun-Times.
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