William Thaddeus Coleman III
William Thaddeus Coleman III (born 1947) is a United States lawyer who served as General Counsel of the Army during the Clinton administration.
Biography[]
Coleman was born in Boston on April 20, 1947, the son of William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. and his wife Lovida.[1] He was educated at Williams College (B.A.), and Yale Law School (J.D.).[2] During his first year at law school, he was befriended by fellow law student Bill Clinton and the two were roommates during their second year of law school.[3]
Coleman was admitted to the bar of Georgia in 1974, and has practiced law since then, most recently in Philadelphia.[2] In the 1990s, when Bill Clinton became President of the United States, he appointed Coleman General Counsel of the Army.[4] Coleman was the subject of a minor scandal in 1997 when he was accused of sexual harassment.[5] An investigation into the allegations by the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense later concluded that, while Coleman had told some off-color jokes, he had not committed sexual harassment.[6]
Coleman married his wife, Allegra Saenz Coleman, in 2003, and together the couple have two children: William Thaddeus Coleman IV and Amadeus Alexander-Browne Coleman.[7]
References[]
- ^ William T. Coleman with Donald T. Bliss, Counsel for the Situation: Shaping the Law to Realize America's Promise (Brookings Institution, 2010), p. 75
- ^ a b Profile from Lawyers.com
- ^ Robert E. Levin, Bill Clinton: The Inside Story (S.P.I. Books, 1992), p. 88
- ^ Tamara Loomis, "Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas?", Law.com, June 2, 2008
- ^ Associated Press, "Latest scandals involve an Army lawyer, admiral", May 31, 1997
- ^ Times Wires Reports, "Army's Top Lawyer Cleared of Charges", March 28, 1998
- ^ Profile of Allegra Saenz Coleman as Contributing Writer of Impact Times magazine
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Williams College alumni
- Yale Law School alumni
- Lawyers from Boston
- African-American lawyers
- Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
- United States Army civilians
- General Counsels of the United States Army
- 21st-century African-American people
- 20th-century African-American people