Background
Bennett, Robert Stephen was born on August 2, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of F. Robert and Nancy (Walsh) Bennett.
(Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty y...)
Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty years. In that time, he’s taken on dozens of high-profile and groundbreaking cases and emerged as the go-to guy for the nation’s elite. Bob Bennett gained international recognition as one of America’s best lawyers for leading the defense of President Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones case. But long before, and ever since, representing a sitting president, he has fought for justice for many famous (and some now infamous) clients. This is his story. Born in Brooklyn and an amateur boxer in his youth, Bennett has always brought his street fighter’s mentality to the courtroom. His case history is a who’s who of figures who have dominated legal headlines: super lobbyist Tommy Corcoran, former Secretaries of Defense Clark Clifford and Caspar Weinberger, Marge Schott, and, most recently, New York Times reporter Judith Miller and former World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz. Bennett also served as special counsel to the Senate during the ABSCAM and Keating Five scandals and was a leading member of the National Review Board for the Protection of Children & Young People, created by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in response to the sex abuse allegations. Taking the reader deep within his most intriguing and difficult cases, In the Ring shows how Bennett has argued for what’s right, won for his clients, and effected his share of change on the system. This is an intimate and compelling memoir of one lawyer’s attempt to fight hard and fair.
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Bennett, Robert Stephen was born on August 2, 1939 in Brooklyn. Son of F. Robert and Nancy (Walsh) Bennett.
Bachelor, Georgetown University, 1961. Juris Doctor, Georgetown Law Center, 1964. Post graduate, University Virginia Law School, 1961—1962.
Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1965.
Law clerk to Honorary Howard F. Corcoran United States District Court, Washington, 1965—1967. Assistant United States attorney District of Columbia United States Department Justice, 1967—1970. Associate Hogan & Hartson LLP, 1970—1975, partner, since 2009.
Founding partner Dunnells, Duvall, Bennett & Porter, 1975—1990. Partner, civil and criminal enforcement matters and complex civil litigation, white collar crimes Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, 1990—2009. Partner, member Investigations, White Collar and Fraud Practice Group Hogan Lovells United States LLP, since 2009.
Adjunct professor George Washington University, 1975—1979. Special counsel District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 1976—1982. Legal consultant United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1981, 82.
Special counsel United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1981—1982. Judge Court of Arbitration for Sport.
(Robert S. Bennett has been a lawyer for more than forty y...)
Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers. Member: American Bar Association (co-chairman several American Bar Association National Institute programs), Defense Research Institute, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar.
Married Ellen C. Bennett, September 20, 1969. Children: Catherine, Peggy, Sarah.