Edward Cochrane McLean

His firm also coordinated finances for the trials (recorded in papers of common Harvard friend Richard H. Field[5]).

The trial team included Robert von Mehren, also new to Debevoise, Plimpton and McLean, as well as Harold Rosenwald, both fellow Harvard Law School graduates.

[1][2][3][14] McLean was a Republican, president of the Harvard Law School Association of New York City, and member of the Century Club.

[1][15][16] McLean died age 68 on October 12, 1972, in New York City as he was entering the United States Court House at Foley Square.

[17][18] He was born on June 23, 1935, and attended Deerfield Academy, Princeton University (BA), and Harvard Law School (1960).

[17][18] Cases he litigated include: Sprayregen v. Livingston Oil Company (1968),[19] Martin Marietta Corp. v. Feder (1970),[20] Crane Co. v. Anaconda Co. (1975),[21] Air Transport Ass'n of America v. Federal Energy Office (1975),[22] Armstrong v. McAlpin (1978),[23] and Seibert v. Sperry Rand (1978)[24][25] McLean served as committee chair on administrative law from 1971 to 1972 for the American Bar Association.