He became involved in a scandal dubbed Koreagate by accepting bribes from a businessman working for the South Korean government.

He received his BA and LLB from the University of California, Los Angeles and then became a lawyer in private practice, after serving in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1942 to 1945.

In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the Koreagate influence buying scandal.

After the payments were revealed, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and was sentenced to 6–30 months in federal prison, of which he served one year.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress