50 out of 5 stars william p homans jr a life in court reviewed in the united states on april 9 2010 bill homans was my former brother in law a man of strong emotions that sometimes caused difficulty in his personal life but a man who was professionally a giant both in capability and in morality. Boston lawyer william p homans jr devoted his fifty year career to the defense of the poor and downtrodden the protection of our most basic civil liberties and the abolition of the death penalty descendant of two of bostons oldest and most prominent families and combat veteran of both the british and american navies during world war ii . William p homans jr a life in court hardcover edition brodin mark s 9781600421013 books amazonca. William p homans jr book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers boston lawyer william p homans jr devoted his fifty year career to. Court vandeplas press recounts the remarkable legal career and troubled personal life of the prominent boston lawyer william p homans jr watch a video interview with professor brodin descendent of a venerable family of surgeons politicians corporate lawyers and harvard professors the patrician homans was a fixture on the boston legal scene for fifty years and an unlikely guru to the 1960s generation of activist lawyers