Background
Ben-Veniste, Richard was born in 1943 in New York, New York, United States.
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Richard Ben-Veniste
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Muhlenberg College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1964). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1967) Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Northwestern University (Master of Laws, 1968).
Career
Worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Washington, DC) specializing in Federal Criminal Law, Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1968, New York. 1975, District of Columbia.
Awarded Doctor of Laws, honorary by Muhlenberg College, 1975. Co-Author: Stonewall: The Real Story of the Watergate Prosecution, Simon & Schuster, 1977. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Southern District, New York, 1968-1973 and Chief, Special Prosecution Section, 1971-1973. Chief, Watergate Task Force, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, United States. Department of Justice, 1973-1975.
Special Outside Counsel, Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Operations, 1976-1977. Special Counsel, (Minority) Senate Whitewater Committee, May, 1995-June, 1996. Co-founder, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1981.
Chairman, D.C. Advisory Committee on Prison Education Reform, 1984-1986.
