Musical Chairs: Major Mafia Lawyer Joins Biglaw Firm
Why is this high-profile criminal defense lawyer closing his firm and joining a Biglaw behemoth?
Halderman Pleads Guilty to Extortion in Letterman Case
This just in, from CBS News: After first claiming that he was originally offering “Late Show” host David Letterman a screenplay for $2 million, Robert “Joe” Halderman, an ex-producer for “48 Hours Mystery” on CBS, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted grand larceny in the second degree. “I apologize to Mr. Letterman, his family, to Stephanie […]
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Lawyer of the Day Stephanie Birkitt: An Update on the Ex-Letterman Lover
On the media website Mediaite, we are erroneously listed as having an affiliation with the Late Show with David Letterman. We wish! If that were the case, then maybe we’d have inside dirt on one of the juiciest media scandals to come along in a while. And it’s a media scandal with a legal angle […]
Brooklyn Law School: Where Else Can You Learn From a ‘MobFellas’ Attorney?
The Village Voice had a great piece last week on the developing trial of Robert Simels, a New York attorney who has attracted a fair amount of fame from defending alleged mobsters and other assorted “kingpins.” Legendary local attorney Robert Simels is only being punished for representing some of New York’s most unredeemable gangsters, say […]
ATL Week in Review: October 15, 2006
* Our Law School Dean hotties contest is now underway. Vote on the women here, the men here, and the alternate male candidates here. * Do you know anyone who is currently clerking for Justice Alito? If so, we’d like to hear from you. * If you’re in law for the money, we recommend Korean […]
TV, Movies, and the Mob: Some Quality Time with Gerald Shargel
We attended several other New Yorker Festival events in addition to Justice Breyer’s talk with Jeffrey Toobin (which we discussed here and here). One of these was a fascinating panel about representations of the Mafia in popular culture, entitled TV, Movies, and the Mob. The panel, moderated by Jeffrey Goldberg, was star-studded. It included the […]
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