Robert S. Bennett

Robert S. Bennett (born 1939) is an American attorney best known for representing President Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal. Bennett is also famous for representing Judith Miller in the Valerie Plame CIA leak grand jury investigation case, Caspar Weinberger, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, during the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s, Clark Clifford in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal, and Paul Wolfowitz in the World Bank Scandal. He served as special counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee's 1989–1991 investigation of the Keating Five. In 2008, Bennett was hired by John McCain to defend allegations by the "The New York Times" of an improper relationship with a Washington lobbyist.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bennett graduated from Brooklyn Prep in 1957. He received his B.A. from Georgetown University in 1961, his LL.B. from Georgetown in 1964, and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he served as a clerk for Howard F. Corcoran, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

After graduating from law school, Bennett served as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. He then went on to Hogan & Hartson, where he worked in the litigation department. He is a partner with the firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C.

Bennett served as a member of the National Review Board for the Protection of Children & Young People, created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, from 2002 to 2004.

He is the older brother of William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He is the author of "In The Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer", published in 2008.

External links

*Eisler, Kim. " [http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/6301.html Robert Bennett Throws Punches, Tells Tales] ", "Washingtonian", January 30 2008.
* [http://www.skadden.com/index.cfm?contentID=45&bioID=1000 Biography, with photo, on Skadden, Arps's site]