William L. Marbury Jr.

William L. Marbury Jr.
Born
William Luke Marbury Jr.

(1901-09-12)September 12, 1901
Baltimore
DiedMarch 5, 1988(1988-03-05) (aged 86)
Baltimore
NationalityAmerican
Other namesWilliam Marbury Jr., William Marbury, William Luke Marbury
EducationUniversity of Virginia
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer
Years active1925–1988
EmployerMarbury, Miller & Evans (now DLA Piper
Known forDefense of Alger Hiss
Board member ofHarvard Corporation, Peabody Institute
SpouseNatalie Ingraham Jewett
Children4
AwardsMedal for Merit, Honorary Law Degree (Harvard University)

William Luke Marbury Jr. (September 12, 1901 – March 5, 1988) was a prominent 20th-century American lawyer who practiced with his family's law firm of Marbury, Miller & Evans (later Piper & Marbury, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, Piper Rudnick, now DLA Piper). He was known to be a childhood friend of alleged Soviet spy Alger Hiss.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "William L. Marbury Dead at 86; Lawyer and Fellow of Harvard". New York Times. 7 March 1988. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Miller, Decatur H. (29 June 2011). "In Alger Hiss Case, William L. Marbury Was A Lawyer's Lawyer". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Piper dropping the 'Marbury' name". Baltimore Business Journal. American City Business Journals. 2 April 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Marbury Institute". DLA Piper. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ Celebrating a Century of Service: The Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, 1900–2000 (PDF), Maryland State Archives, 7 October 2000, retrieved 30 September 2017