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Michael Tigar (Michael Edward Tigar) was born on 18 January, 1941 in Glendale, California, U.S., is an American criminal defense attorney (born 1941). Discover Michael Tigar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 18 January, 1941
Birthday 18 January
Birthplace Glendale, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1941

Michael Edward Tigar (born January 18, 1941, in Glendale, California) is an American criminal defense attorney known for representing controversial clients, a human rights activist and a scholar and law teacher.

Tigar is an emeritus (retired) member of the Duke Law School and American University, Washington College of Law faculties.

1962

Tigar earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962 and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1966.

As an undergraduate, he was elected to the ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California) Senate as a SLATE candidate.

He also ran unsuccessfully for Student Body President.

He interviewed Bertrand Russell during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis for Pacifica Radio.

In law school he was a member of Order of the Coif and served as editor-in-chief of the California Law Review.

1966

In 1966, Tigar was hired as a law clerk by Justice William J. Brennan of the United States Supreme Court.

Brennan, however, fired him the week he began his job, following complaints made by conservative columnists and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, because of Tigar's activist background.

1967

In 1967, Tigar became the first Editor-in-Chief of the Selective Service Law Reporter (Public Law Education Institute, 1968–1973).

1968

Tigar taught at the UCLA School of Law during the period 1968-1972.

He taught evidence courses and a course in Selective Service Law.

1969

In 1969, he was part of the defense team for the Chicago Eight.

1975

Tigar was a partner in the firm of Williams & Connolly of Washington, DC (1975–'78), where he worked closely with legendary trial attorney Edward Bennett Williams.

He then formed his own firm with partner Samuel J. Buffone.

1983

He was on the faculty of the University of Texas School of Law from 1983 to 1998, serving as the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law for much of that time.

Tigar was a professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law from 1983 to 1998, holding the Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law from '87-'98.

With a grant from Texas plaintiffs' lawyers he and Jane B. Tigar founded the UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic, where he served as the Clinic's first Executive Director and Supervising Attorney.

1996

He has been married to journalist-turned-attorney Jane Blanksteen Tigar since 1996.

He has three children by previous marriages: United States Federal Judge Jon S. Tigar, addiction medicine specialist Katherine McQueen, M.D., and business advisor Elizabeth Torrey Tigar.

He has four grandchildren.

1998

He was then a professor at American University's Washington College of Law starting in 1998, and later also at Duke Law School.

In his teaching, Tigar has worked with law students in clinical programs where students are counsel or law clerks in significant human rights litigation.

He has made several trips to South Africa, working with organizations of African lawyers engaged in the struggle to end apartheid, and after the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, to lecture on human rights issues and to advise the African National Congress on issues in drafting a new constitution.

He has been actively involved in efforts to bring to justice members of the Chilean junta, including former President Pinochet.

Of Tigar's career, Justice Brennan who reconciled with Tigar, wrote that his "tireless striving for justice stretches his arms towards perfection."

1999

In 1999, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice held a ballot for "Lawyer of the Century."

Tigar was third in the balloting, behind Clarence Darrow and Thurgood Marshall.

2003

In 2003, the Texas Civil Rights Project named its new building in Austin, Texas, (purchased with a gift from attorney Wayne Reaud) the "Michael Tigar Human Rights Center."

Tigar continues to work in the field of human rights.

2016

In 2016, Tigar donated his papers to the University of Texas Law School Library, which held a symposium to launch the collection in 2018.

Tigar has argued seven cases before the United States Supreme Court, and over 100 federal appellate cases.

He has tried cases in all parts of the United States.

In addition to activist clients, he has represented Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Ronald Dellums, Rep. John M. Murphy (during the Abscam scandal), former Gov. John Connally, Fantasy Films and Mobil Oil.

Tigar has been married four times.

2020

He was an expert witness for the defense in the Julian Assange case in London in 2020.

He is professor of the practice of law emeritus at Duke Law School, and research professor emeritus at the American University, Washington College of Law.

He has been visiting professor at the law faculty of the Paul Cézanne University, Aix-en-Provence, and has lectured at law schools in several countries.