Word: counseled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Trial counsel Leonard Weinglass, who also spoke, called the Chicago proceedings" an incredible exercise." Erie Sykes of the National Lawyers Guild, which sponsored the meeting, announced plans for demonstrations against the trial at federal courthouses November 13 and in Washington November...
...year-old judge unquestionably has been provoked. Last week, for example, the defendants draped a large Viet Cong flag over the counsel table after Hoffman denied them a day off to participate in the nationwide peace demonstrations. Foran denounced Attorney William Kunstler for supporting the defendants' efforts to bring the Moratorium into the courtroom. After an angry exchange, Foran growled: "I have contempt for Mr. Kunstler." The judge rebuked only Kunstler. As the dominant figure in the courtroom, a judge can easily influence the jury if his likes and dislikes are too obvious. If convicted, the Chicago Eight...
...furrier, Julius Jennings Hoffman grew up in Chicago, graduated from Northwestern University Law School and went into corporate practice. At 33, he married Eleanor H. Greenebaum, whose family controlled what became the Brunswick Corp., which makes bowling alleys and other products. He served as the company's counsel until he was elected a state circuit-court judge in 1947. A generous supporter of the Republican Party, he became the first Jew on the federal bench in the Northern Illinois district when President Eisenhower appointed...
...start of the hearing, however, one of the six original families resisting eviction withdrew its complaint. Counsel for Sanley Zalesky told the court that Zalesky had reached an agreement with the BRA and will accept re-location. This left only five families as plaintiffs gainst the eviction proceedings...
Last night, however, Mrs. Stanley Zalesky denied having given her lawyer permission to withdraw her and her husband from the case. Speaking of her counsel. Mrs. Zalesky said, "He's working with the BRA. I'm going to fire him on the spot." She added that she had no intentions of leaving her home. "I'm going to stay right here," she said...