Alton H. Maddox Jr.

Biography

Alton Henry Maddox Jr. (July 21, 1945 – April 23, 2023) was an American lawyer who was involved in several high-profile civil rights cases in New York City in the 1980s. He was disbarred in 1990 for refusing to appear before a disciplinary committee reviewing his actions while defending Tawana Brawley when she falsely claimed to have been raped by six white men; his actions had included accusing a district attorney being one of the six rapists.

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