Hugo Black III
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| Hugo Black III | |
| Born | July 15, 1953 Birmingham, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Died | September 29, 2007 Coconut Grove, Florida (Miami) |
Hugo Lafayette "Hugh" Black III (1953–September 29, 2007) was an American lawyer.
Black was born in Alabama, the son of Hugo Black, Jr. and Bessie Graham Hobson, and the grandson of Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black.
Black graduated as valedictorian from Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida in 1971. He attended Yale University, where he was his class president, and then graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was on the Stanford Law Review staff. Black served as a law clerk to Patrick Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Black was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1976 as a Democrat when he was 23 years old. He served one term (1976-1978).
Black worked at the law firm of Rosenfield, Mayer & Susman as a partner from 1984 until he joined the entertainment division of Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman & Silverman of Los Angeles in 2003. As an entertainment lawyer he represented screenwriters and actors, including Alex Hyde-White.
He returned to Miami to work at the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. He served as Assistant United States Attorney from 1995 to his death. As Assistant U.S. Attorney he mainly prosecuted white-collar fraud cases.
Black married Jeannine Crowell on October 16, 1996 in Pinecrest, Florida. They had no children.
Black died unexpectedly at his home in Coconut Grove, Florida at the age of 54 from gastrointestinal bleeding.
[edit] References
- "AUSA Hugo Black III passed away this weekend." Southern District of Florida Blog 30 Sept. 2007. [1]
- Brecher, Elinor J. "Hugo Black III, 54, assistant U.S. attorney, dies at 54." Miami Herald 4 Oct. 2007. [2]
- Eller, Claudia. "Hugo Black III partners in Weissmann, Wolff." Variety 2 Apr. 1993. [3]
- Weaver, Jay. "Hugo L. Black III: Miami prosecutor, judge's grandson." Miami Herald 1 Oct. 2007. [4]
