Joseph Lionel Fainer (1897-1960) was the special prosecutor in the Harry Raymond bombing case and the William Bonnelli case. He was known in legal circles as “the singing lawyer.” The collection consists of pages from a scrapbook containing news clippings, photographs, and a trial notebook.

Fainer was born in 1897 in California; graduated from UC Berkeley; practiced criminal law in San Francisco and Oakland before coming to Los Angeles in 1927; appointed special prosecutor in the Harry Raymond bombing case and the William Bonnelli case; was known in legal circles as “the singing lawyer”; he died on August 21, 1960 in San Marino, California.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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