- Scott Harshbarger
Luther Scott Harshbarger (born
December 1 ,1941 inNew Haven, Connecticut ) is alawyer and a Democratic politician from theU.S. state ofMassachusetts .Harshbarger attended
Harvard College andHarvard Law School . He was first elected asDistrict Attorney ofMiddlesex County, Massachusetts in 1982, defeating incumbent DA John Droney in the Democratic primary. He was re-elected in 1986.Harshbarger found public prominence and political success, like
Janet Reno , by prosecuting cases in theday care sex abuse hysteria of the 1980s. He obtained the conviction ofGerald Amirault and other employees of the Fells Acres day care center in Malden, Mass. In 1990 he was electedAttorney General of Massachusetts , again defeating the incumbent, this timeJames Shannon , in the Democratic primary. He was re-elected in 1994 with 72 percent of the vote, and served from 1991 until 1999.In 1998, he was the Democratic nominee for
Governor of Massachusetts . He lost in a close race to incumbent Republican GovernorPaul Celucci . Afterwards, Harshbarger served as president of the public interest organizationCommon Cause for three years, where he spearheaded the successful push for campaign finance reform in 2002 (McCain-Feingold).Since 2003, Harshbarger has practiced law in the private sector, focusing on corporate governance and related issues. He is currently Senior Counsel to the Firm at
Proskauer Rose LLP [ [http://www.proskauer.com/proskauer_offices/boston/welcome Proskauer Rose LLP] ] in Boston, MA.External links
* [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020318/pollitt "Justice, Not So Swift"] --
Katha Pollitt comments on Harshbarger's role in the Amirault case.References
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