Editing Warren Christopher (section)

==Legal career and Deputy Attorney General for Johnson==
Christopher became the first graduate of Stanford Law School to become a [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[law clerk]] when he clerked for Justice [[William O. Douglas]] from October 1949 to September 1950.<ref name ="LATimesObit">{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-christopher-20110320,0,7724222,full.story|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113190032/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-christopher-20110320,0,7724222,full.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 13, 2013|title=Warren Christopher dies at 85; former secretary of State's quiet diplomacy was prized from Washington to L.A.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 19, 2011 |first=Elaine |last=Woo }}</ref> He practiced law with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers from October 1950 to June 1967, becoming a partner in 1958 and serving as special counsel to Governor [[Pat Brown]].<ref name="NYTObit" /> Christopher served as [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] from June 1967 until January 20, 1969, after which he rejoined [[O'Melveny & Myers]]. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] selected him to assist federal efforts to combat the urban riots in [[Detroit]] during July 1967 and in [[Chicago]] during April 1968.  In 1974, Christopher served as the president of the [[Los Angeles County Bar Association]]. Attorney General [[Elliot Richardson]] considered appointing Christopher as the [[special counsel]] to investigate the [[Watergate scandal]], but he declined.<ref>Graff, Garrett M. (2022). ''Watergate: A New History'' (1 ed.). New York: Avid Reader Press. p. 394. {{ISBN|978-1-9821-3916-2}}. {{OCLC|1260107112}}. </ref>