Henry Rothblatt
- Category : 1916-births
- Type : PM
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Explanation 3
Biography
American attorney, famed as the defense attorney for such myriad cases as Xaviera (Happy Hooker) Hollander, four Watergate burglars and several soldiers accused of covering up the My Lai massacre of 1967 in Viet Nam. As an account of his colorful career, he wrote, "That Damned Lawyer," 1983.
Rothblatt rose from a theater usher in the Bronx to be a professor at the New York law School and senior partner in the law firm of Rothblatt, Rothblatt and Seijas. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1940 and began defending "the little guy" against giant establishments.
He died 9/01/1985 at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.