Editing Arlen Specter (section)

===Early legal career and personal life===
In 1953, he married [[Joan Specter|Joan Levy]].<ref name="about marriage">{{cite web|last=Stritof|first=Sheri & Bob|title=Joan Levy and Arlen Specter|url=http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/arlenspecter.htm|work=About.com – Marriage|publisher=About.com|access-date=March 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404044756/http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/arlenspecter.htm|archive-date=April 4, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1979, she was elected to one of the two allotted minority party at-large seats on the [[Philadelphia City Council]]. She held the seat for four terms, until she was defeated for re-election in 1995 by [[Frank Rizzo Jr.]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Joan Specter's Tough Race|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/29/us/joan-specter-s-tough-race.html|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 29, 1995}}</ref> The couple had two sons.<ref>{{cite news|last=Infield|first=Tom|title=Sen. Specter dies; his fighting spirit praised|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/Sen_Specter_has_died.html|access-date=March 30, 2013|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=October 14, 2012}}</ref> Specter graduated from [[Yale Law School]] in 1956, while serving as editor of the ''[[Yale Law Journal]]''. Afterward, Specter opened a law practice, Specter & Katz, with [[Marvin Katz]], who served as a [[Federal District Court]] Judge in [[Philadelphia]], until his death in October 2010.  Specter represented [[Ira Einhorn]], known as "The Unicorn Killer," aiding him to get a very low bail for a murder charge (which Einhorn subsequently jumped).  Specter became an assistant district attorney under [[District Attorney]] [[James C. Crumlish Jr.]], and was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].