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Law Practice

Jan. 14, 2009

O'Melveny Lawyer Was 'Larger Than Life'

William W. Vaughn, a top litigator at O’Melveny & Myers who successfully defended CBS and its then-anchor Dan Rather against slander charges at a 1983 trial, died Jan. 3 at his Pacific Palisades home after a battle with cancer and other ailments. He was 78.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

William W. Vaughn, a top litigator at O'Melveny & Myers who successfully defended CBS and its then-anchor Dan Rather against slander charges at a 1983 trial, died Jan. 3 at his Pacific Palisades home after a battle with cancer and other ailments. He was 78.

Vaughn, who joined O'Melveny in 1955, the same year he earned his law degree from UCLA, headed the law firm's litigation department from 1986 to...

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