Charles Ruff

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Charles F.C. "Chuck" Ruff (1939-2000) was a prominent American lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and was well-noted as White House Counsel, defending President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999 over Lewinsky scandal and Paula Jones case .

Ruff was a graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia Law School (1963). During his career he worked in the United States Department of Justice; during the Watergate scandal, he served as a special prosecutor who investigated President Richard Nixon. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for some time, and was legal counsel to Bill Clinton. He aided in the defense of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

When Ruff died at 61, he was a partner at the law firm of Covington & Burling.

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• Defense Who's Who, Washington Post, January 19, 1999
• Legends in the Law, District of Columbia Bar
• New York Times obituary

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