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Children
  
Hank Perlin Jan Perlin

Name
  
Marshall Perlin

Spouse
  
Loretta Rowe


Born
  
October 23, 1920 (
1920-10-23
)
Manhattan

Died
  
December 31, 1998, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

Education
  
Rutgers University, Columbia Law School

Marshall Perlin (August 23, 1920 – December 31, 1998) was a civil-liberties lawyer, who along with Emanuel Hirsch Bloch, defended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. He came to the trial after the sentencing, during the appeal process.

Biography

He was born on August 23, 1920 in Manhattan and later graduated from Rutgers University. He completed Columbia Law School in 1942, but his degree was not conferred until 1947 while he served in World War II. He represented Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol, the children of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after the Rosenbergs were sentenced. He was the trial lawyer for Morton Sobell, the Rosenbergs' co-defendant. He died on December 31, 1998.

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Marshall Perlin Wikipedia