Word: client
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chat with Jones can be like an entrance exam to a higher, harder life form. Sit with him at a restaurant in Memphis, where he is shooting the John Grisham thriller The Client, and ask something innocuous, like what he reads. "The New York Times once a week . . . and also some secret trash books that will go unnamed, stashed hither and yon. I don't trust you enough to tell you the titles of all the books I'm reading." Well, which of his parts might he call a breakthrough role? A frown. "Breakfast roll? Oh, breakthrough role...
Real-life attorneys grew more outspoken about the demonizing of lawyers after eight people at a San Francisco law firm were shot by an angry client last month. Harvey Saferstein, president of the California Bar Association, pressed for a "cease-fire" on lawyer bashing, characterizing it as a form of "hate speech." At least one advertiser felt the heat and backed down. Miller Lite decided to yank an ad showing cowboys roping divorce lawyers at a rodeo. But the enmity runs deep in the culture: after Saferstein spoke out publicly against such bashing, he received a slew of derisive calls...
...lawyer for Columbia Pictures production boss Michael Nathanson wanted it known that Nathanson "never did business with Heidi on any level. Personally, or company-wise," and Heidi herself declared that Nathanson had never been her client. "This is driving people's imaginations to the max," said Anthony Pellicano, a private detective whom Nathanson hired to sort out the facts. "People are scared to death of being exposed. I'm getting phone calls from a lot of people who want me to represent them...
...reshaping President Clinton's budget -- could be indicted on charges far exceeding the 29-penny- ante stamp scam, including misuse of campaign funds. After days of stonewalling, the chairman called a press conference to deny the allegations, to put the government on notice that Bennett would not let his client simply twist in the wind and to show that Rostenkowski was going to fight...
...action was classic Bennett. The lawyer likes to combine shrewd use of the media with concern for his client's state of mind. Says Weinberger, who was indicted (and pardoned) for his role in the Iran-contra affair: "Bob is crucial because of the terrorist approach of prosecutors. They hope the person they target will fold up, blow away and plead guilty...