Bernard Fensterwald

Bernard Fensterwald

Bernard "Bud" Fensterwald Jr. (2 August 1921 – 2 April 1991) was an American lawyer who defended James Earl Ray and James W. McCord Jr..

Early life

Fensterwald was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. Fensterwald graduated from Harvard Law School in 1949. He entered the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and received an M.A. in 1950.

Legal career

From 1951 to 1956 Fensterwald worked for the State Department as an Assistant Legal Advisor. This included defending State Department employees accused by Joseph McCarthy of being members of the American Communist Party.

In 1957 Fensterwald was hired by Thomas C. Hennings as an investigator for the Senate Committee on Constitutional Rights. One of Fensterwald's most notable cases was his unsuccessful defense of James W. McCord, Jr. for his role in the Watergate scandal. He later founded the Assassination and Archives Research Center, and his career and writings are frequently discussed by conspiracy theorists.

Fensterwald died of a heart attack in Alexandria, Virginia, aged 69.Narvaez, Alfonso (April 4, 1991). Bernard Fensterwald, 69, Lawyer For James Ray and Watergate Spy. "New York Times"]

Bibliography

*Fensterwald, Bernard. "Assassination of JFK". Zebra, 1977. ASIN: B000J00JA2
*Fensterwald, Bernard and Michael Ewing. "Coincidence or Conspiracy?" Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1977. ISBN 978-0890832325

References

External links

* [http://www.aarclibrary.org/aarc.htm Assassination and Archives Research Center]
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKfensterwald.htm Bernard Fensterwald biography]


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