Background
Powers, Samuel Joseph was born on July 26, 1917 in Ellicott City, Maryland. Son of Samuel J. and Irene (McDonald) Powers.
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Samuel Joseph Powers
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Education
AB, Loyola College, Baltimore, 1939; Juris Doctor, Catholic U. American, 1942.
Career
Private practice law, Miami, Florida of counsel, Blackwell & Walker, 1946-1985; municipal judge, City North Miami, 1952-1953; assistant attorney general, 1969-1970. Counsel to President Nixon in case Honorary John Jay Sirica, United States District Court, District of Columbia versus Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, 1973.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American College Probate Counsel, American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association (chairman bar grievance committee 1957), District of Columbia Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association (president, past director, member Executive Committee), International Association Defense Counsel (president 1970), American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, Defense Research Institute (regional vice president 1965-1966, board director 1966, 69-71), Florida Council Bar Association President, S. Florida Inter-Professional Council (charter), Dade County Defense Bar Association (president 1965-1966), Florida Society Prevention Blindness (chairman Dade County committee 1966).
Connections
Married Marion W. Locke, January 15, 1945 (deceased 1979). Children: Richard S., Thomas E. Married Lillian R. Rooney, October 21, 1981.
