Bernard "Bud" Fensterwald Jr. (August 2, 1921 – April 2, 1991) was an American lawyer who defended James Earl Ray and James W. McCord Jr. Other notable clients included Mitch WerBell,[1] Richard Case Nagell[2] and the widow of John Paisley.
[4] He entered the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and received an M.A.
[4] This included defending State Department employees accused by Joseph McCarthy of being members of the American Communist Party.
John Paisley, who was the CIA liaison to the White House Plumbers, was Fensterwald's friend and neighbor.
[1] Prior to the Watergate burglaries, both Fensterwald and McCord employed a private investigator named Lou Russell.