Library News

April 2007

The Greatest Lawyers Who Never Lived: Your Suggestions

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Thanks to everyone who participated in our National Library Week program to name the Greatest Lawyers Who Never Lived. Here are the suggestions we received:

• Paul Biegler (played by Jimmy Stewart in "Anatomy of a Murder")
  
• Vinny Gambini (played by Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Vinny")
  
• Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck in "To Kill a Mockingbird")
  
• Perry Mason (played by Raymond Burr in the TV series)
  
• Jack McCoy (played by Sam Waterson on "Law and Order")
  
• David Palmer (played by Dennis Haysbert on "24"). Fun fact: Did you know President David Palmer received his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law?
  
• Ned Racine (played by William Hurt in "Body Heat")
  
• Horace Rumpole (played by Leo McKern in the "Rumpole" series)
  
• Sam Seaborn (played by Rob Lowe on "The West Wing")
  
• Sir Wilfred (played by Charles Laughton in "Witness for the Prosecution")
  
• Elle Woods (played by Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde")
  

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