Background
Walsh, Lawrence Edward was born on January 8, 1912 in Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Came to the United States, 1914, naturalized, 1922. Son of Cornelius Edward and Lila May (Sanders) Walsh.
(The story of one of the most famous breaches of American ...)
The story of one of the most famous breaches of American presidential authority since Watergate. The Iran-Contra conspiracy gave rise to a constitutional confrontation that pitted the executive, legislative and judicial branches of US government against one another. The conflict reached into the White House itself and two presidents were involved in illegal activities. This story begins in 1984 and follows the conspiracy and then the cover-up for ten years, examining the actions of high-officials, secret Swiss bank accounts and shredded documents. This book aims to place the responsibility for the scandal and its concealment where it belongs, and argues that honourable men who pretended to be out of the loop were actually caught in a web of deception for which they had only themselves to blame.
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In this book the author describes how a C student from a middle class background used his self-doubts to great advantage.
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Walsh, Lawrence Edward was born on January 8, 1912 in Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada. Came to the United States, 1914, naturalized, 1922. Son of Cornelius Edward and Lila May (Sanders) Walsh.
AB, Columbia University, 1932. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1935. Doctor of Laws, Union University, 1959.
Doctor of Laws, St. John's University, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Suffolk University, 1975. Doctor of Laws, Waynesburg College, 1976.
Doctor of Laws, Vermont Law School, 1976.
Special assistant attorney general Drukman Investigation, 1936—1938. Deputy assistant district attorney New York County, 1938—1941. Associate Davis Polk Wardwell Sunderland & Kiendl, 1941—1943.
Assistant counsel to governor State of New York, 1943—1949, counsel to governor, 1950—1951. Counsel Public Service Commission, 1951—1953. General counsel, executive director Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 1953—1954.
Judge United States District Court (southern district) New York, 1954—1957. Deputy attorney general United States Department Justice, 1957—1960. Partner Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP, 1961—1981.
Counsel Crowe & Dunlevy LLP, Oklahoma City, since 1981. Indiana counsel Iran/Contra investigation, 1986-1993. Chairman New York State Moreland Commission Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, 1963-1964.
President Columbia Alumni Federation, 1968-1969. Deputy head with rank of ambassador United States delegate meetings on Vietnam, Paris, 1969. Counsel to New York State Court on Judiciary, 1971-1972.
2d circuit member United States Circuit Judge Nominating Commission, 1978-1980.
(In this book the author describes how a C student from a ...)
(The story of one of the most famous breaches of American ...)
Trustee emeritus Columbia University, Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Law Institute, American Bar Association (president 1975-1976), New York State Bar Association (president 1966-1967), Oklahoma County Bar Association, Oklahoma State Bar Association, International Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Council, Law Society England and Wales (honorary), Canada Bar Association (honorary), Mexico Bar Association (honorary), Century Association, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Mary Alma Porter. Children: Barbara Marie, Janet Maxine (Mistress Alan Larson), Sara Porter, Dale Edward, Elizabeth Porter (Mistress Peter LaColla).