- Hugo Black III
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name=Hugo Black III
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birth_date=July 15, 1953
birth_place=Birmingham, Alabama
death_date=September 29, 2007
death_place=Coconut Grove, Florida (Miami )Hugo Lafayette "Hugh" Black III (
1953 –September 29 ,2007 ) was an American lawyer.Black was born in
Alabama , the son ofHugo Black, Jr. and Bessie Graham Hobson, and the grandson of Supreme Court Associate JusticeHugo Black .Black graduated as
valedictorian from Palmetto High School inPinecrest, Florida in 1971. He attendedYale University , where he was his class president, and then graduated fromStanford Law School , where he was on the "Stanford Law Review " staff. Black served as alaw clerk toPatrick Higginbotham of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit . Black was elected to theFlorida House of Representatives in 1976 as a Democrat when he was 23 years old. He served one term (1976-1978).Black worked at the
law firm of Rosenfield, Mayer & Susman as a partner from 1984 until he joined the entertainment division of Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman & Silverman of Los Angeles in 2003. As an entertainment lawyer he representedscreenwriter s andactor s, includingAlex Hyde-White .He returned to Miami to work at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. He served as Assistant United States Attorney from 1995 to his death. As Assistant U.S. Attorney he mainly prosecuted white-collar
fraud cases.Black married Jeannine Crowell on October 16, 1996 in
Pinecrest, Florida . They had no children.Black died unexpectedly at his home in Coconut Grove, Florida at the age of 54 from
gastrointestinal bleeding .References
*"AUSA Hugo Black III passed away this weekend." Southern District of Florida Blog 30 Sept. 2007. [http://sdfla.blogspot.com/2007/09/ausa-hugo-black-iii-passed-away-this.html]
*Brecher, Elinor J. "Hugo Black III, 54, assistant U.S. attorney, dies at 54." "Miami Herald" 4 Oct. 2007. [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/260981.html]
*Eller, Claudia. "Hugo Black III partners in Weissmann, Wolff." "Variety" 2 Apr. 1993. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR105614.html?categoryid=30&cs=1]
*Weaver, Jay. "Hugo L. Black III: Miami prosecutor, judge's grandson." "Miami Herald" 1 Oct. 2007. [http://www.miamiherald.com/512/story/256322.html]
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