first special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal. Lee M. Friedman (Associate, 1895-1897) – lawyer and historian George S. Hawkins – General Manager of the DC Water and Sewer Authority. Olin M. Jeffords – (Associate, 1919-1921) – Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, Henry Cabot Lodge – (Associate, 1875-1880) – American statesman and 1st U.S. Senate Majority Leader. George H. Lyman (Associate) – chairman of the Massachusetts Republican state committee and collector of customs for the port of Boston. R. Bradford Malt (Chairman, 2004–2019) – Served as sole trustee of the Romney blind trusts during Mitt Romney’s tenure as governor of Massachusetts and during his two presidential runs. Diane Bemus Patrick (Partner) – Former First Lady of Massachusetts. John Palfrey (Associate, 2001-2002) – President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Elliot Richardson (Associate, 1949-1953, 1955-1957; Partner, 1961-1965) – Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (1970-1973); U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973); U.S. Attorney General (1973); United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1975-1976); and U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1976-1977). John Richardson (1911–1970s) – Specialized in corporate and trustee work and was responsible for hiring young lawyers to join the firm. Political supporter of Herbert Hoover and Republican National Committeeman from Massachusetts from 1932 to 1936. Charles Soule – comic book writer for Marvel Comics Clayton Spencer (Partner, 1986-1989) – president of Bates College Christopher Taylor (Associate) Mayor of Ann Arbor since 2014. James Vorenberg (Associate, 1954 – 1960; Partner, 1960-1962) – Former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harvard University (1981-1989). Jane Willis (Partner) - Part of the MIT Blackjack Team later fictionalized in Bringing Down the House. See also List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner White-shoe firms References External links 2011 American Lawyer A-List Intellectual property law firms Biopharmaceutical law firms Law firms established in 1865 Law firms based in Boston Foreign law firms with offices in Japan