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Ex-Miss. U.S. Attorney H.M. Ray Who Served 20 Years Dies at Age 86
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Mississippi U.S. Attorney H.M. Ray, whose 20- year reign included the 1960s civil rights era, and who served under five presidents, died at age 86, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Ray was appointed by President Kennedy to the Jackson, Miss. office, and resigned right after Ronald Reagan became president in…
Justice Dept. Honors Robert Kennedy’s 50th Anniversary of Swearing in as Atty. Gen.
doj photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — On Friday, the Justice Department took pause to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s Swearing-in as Attorney General in a building named after him. With Kennedy’s widow Ethel and daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in attendance, along with some other notables, Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr….
Retired Secret Service Agent John Joseph Lardner Who Protected the Kennedys Dead at Age 80; Always Kept Mum About Detail
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired Secret Service agent John Joseph Lardner rode behind President John F. Kennedy on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inauguration in 1961 and later went on to head up the agency’s Rhode Island office, the Boston Globe reported. He died of a heart attack in Easton, Mass. on Nov. 19 at age…
Ex-Fed Prosecutor Remembers James K. Robinson as “One of the Finest Lawyers of His Generation”
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Every young lawyer remembers the guy who gave him his first real job. For me and some others, it was a mark of…