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Leon Jaworski

Leon JaworskiAKA Leonidas Jaworski

Born: 19-Sep-1905
Birthplace: Waco, TX
Died: 9-Dec-1982
Location of death: Wimberley, TX
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Watergate special prosecutor

Military service: US Army (1942-45)

Father: Joseph Jaworski
Mother: Mira Jaworski ("Marie")
Brother: Hannibal Jaworski
Wife: Jeannette Adam (m. 23-May-1931, 3 children)

    High School: Waco, TX
    Law School: Baylor University (1925)
    Law School: LLM, George Washington University (1926)

    Fulbright & Jaworski Partner (1932-)
    American College of Trial Lawyers President (1961-62)
    Assisted by the ACLU
    Watergate Scandal
    Austrian Ancestry Maternal
    Polish Ancestry Paternal

Author of books:
After Fifteen Years (1961, history)
The Right and the Power: The Prosecution of Watergate (1976)
Confession and Avoidance: A Memoir (1979, memoir)
Crossroads (1981, memoir)
The Lawyer in Society (2007, social studies)


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