E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.

Elijah Barrett Prettyman Jr. (June 1, 1925 – November 4, 2016) was an American lawyer.

Early life and education

Born in Washington, D.C., Prettyman graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. He then served in the United States Army, in Europe, during World War II. In 1949, Prettyman graduated from Yale University. He then worked as a journalist for two years in Rhode Island. In 1953, Prettyman received a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School.

Career

He served as law clerk to United States Supreme Court justices Robert H. Jackson, Felix Frankfurter, and John Marshall Harlan II. Prettyman then practiced law in Washington, D.C. In 1962, Prettyman negotiated an agreement with Fidel Castro to secure the release of prisoners involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Prettyman served as special counsel to the United States House of Representatives Ethics Committee in the 1980s involving the Abscam investigation. Prettyman died in a hospital in Washington, D.C. from a respiratory ailment. His father was United States federal judge E. Barrett Prettyman.

External links

• E. Barrett Prettyman papers at the University of Maryland Libraries