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'{{Infobox Politician (general) |image = |imagesize = | name = Frank McNamara Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|11|4|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Providence, Rhode Island]] | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | website = | occupation = Attorney | residence = [[Bolton, Massachusetts]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | alma_mater = [[Harvard College|Harvard University]]<br>[[University of Virginia School of Law|University of Virginia]] | title = [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts#U.S. Attorneys|United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts]] | term_start = 1987 | term_end = 1989 | predecessor = [[Robert Mueller]] {{small|(Acting)}} | successor = [[Wayne Budd]] }} '''Francis Luke McNamara Jr.'''<ref name=Ribadeneira/><ref name=ElectionStatistics/> (born November 4, 1947 in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]<ref name=Vetlands/>) is an American attorney who served as the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts#U.S. Attorneys|United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts]] from 1987 to 1989. ==Early life== After graduating from [[Harvard College]] in 1969, McNamara joined the [[United States Navy]]. He served as an Intelligence Officer during the [[Vietnam War]]. He graduated from the [[University of Virginia School of Law]] in 1976 and in 1977 was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.<ref name=Vetlands>{{cite web|title=The Governance Board|url=http://www.vetlands.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=29209&orgId=ve|work=Vetlands|accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref> ==Legal career== From 1977 to 1980, McNamara worked as an associate at [[Choate, Hall & Stewart]]. He then became an Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the [[National Grid plc|Boston Gas Company]]. In 1983, McNamara was a founding partner in the law firm of Vena, McNamara, Truelove & Lahey.<ref name=Ribadeneira/> In April 1987, McNamara was appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]] to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.<ref name=Vetlands/> In November 1988, the Justice Department released a report concluding that McNamara had falsely accused his predecessor, [[William F. Weld]], of smoking marijuana. An investigation was then opened to determine whether McNamara had deliberately lied. On January 27, 1989, 28 of his 39 assistant attorneys sent a letter to Attorney General [[Dick Thornburgh]] seeking McNamara's "immediate resignation or removal." He resigned on January 31, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts Quits Amid Inquiry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/31/us/us-attorney-in-massachusetts-quits-amid-inquiry.html|accessdate=December 5, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 31, 1989}}</ref> He then returned to private practice and established the law firm of McNamara & Associates.<ref name=Vetlands/> ==Political career== In 1982 he was a Republican candidate for Congress in [[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district]]. He defeated former State Republican Chairman [[William Barnstead]] in the primary 5,429 votes to 4,477. In the general election he lost to Democratic [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Tip O'Neill]] 123,296 votes to 41,370.<ref name=ElectionStatistics>{{cite book|title=Election Statistics, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts: 1982|pages=191|url=https://archive.org/stream/massachusettsele1982mass#page/190/mode/2up|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> In 1984, McNamara was named the first chairman of the Massachusetts chapter of [[Citizens for America]].<ref name=Ribadeneira>{{cite news|last=Ribadeneira|first=Diego|title=McNamara Ideology Seen as Close to Reagan's|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/660526051.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|accessdate=September 4, 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=September 25, 1986}}</ref> In 2011, McNamara was a candidate for Chairman of the [[Massachusetts Republican Party]]. He lost to businessman [[Robert Maginn]] 51 votes to 21.<ref name=Johnson>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Glen|title=Robert Maginn elected chairman of the Mass. Republican Party|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2011/12/01/robert-maginn-elected-chairman-mass-republican-party/SKy3K8CERyfxBnb7vu8ugM/story.html|accessdate=May 21, 2017|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=December 1, 2011}}</ref> ==Financial services career== From 2003 to 2005, McNamara served as the President of Parkman Shaw & Company, Inc., a [[Registered Investment Advisor]]. In April 2006 he became a Managing Director at the wealth management firm of Highmount Capital LLC.<ref name=Vetlands/> ==Personal life== McNamara and his wife Elizabeth are the parents of twelve children. He currently resides in [[Bolton, Massachusetts]].<ref name=Vetlands/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McNamara, Frank}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:Harvard College alumni]] [[Category:University of Virginia School of Law alumni]] [[Category:Massachusetts lawyers]] [[Category:Massachusetts Republicans]] [[Category:People from Bolton, Massachusetts]] [[Category:United States Attorneys for the District of Massachusetts]] [[Category:Living people]]'