Lawrence E. Walsh

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Lawrence E. Walsh, (born January 8, 1912) is an American lawyer and former judge and Deputy Attorney General who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel in 1987 to investigate the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan Administration.

As a young man in the 1920s, Walsh worked as a seaman before becoming a lawyer. After graduating from law school, he served a varied career in public life, including as a prosecutor in the office of New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, Deputy Attorney General in the Presidential administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Deputy Head U.S. Negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks with North Vietnam. Walsh was also a litigation partner in a Davis Polk & Wardwell.

One detailed account of his work as independent counsel, from the perspective of a "target," may be found in Elliott Abrams's Undue Process (1993).

Walsh was responsible for bringing an indictment out of the grand jury against Casper Weinberger several days prior to the 1992 election which had a material impact on that election.

Walsh currently resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with his wife, Mary.