Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Also: Maureen Howard, work on her third novel; Jean Chace '56, work on her poetry; Jeanne Garrigue, work on both poetry and prose; Eileen Chang Reher, writing and translating Chinese literature; Elzbieta Chodakowska, the lawyer in American literature; Hannah D. French, a book-length manuscript on early American bookbinding; Barbara B. Green, government and politics of Eastern European countries; Patricia Grimsted, political attitudes in early nineteenth century Russia...
...answer was yes, and the police got it on the spot from Lawyer Frank Carrington, 31, a legal adviser to the Chicago police department who had come along for the pinch. Reinforced with knowledge of the law, the cops rushed to the nearby building, arrested the bookie and four customers, and picked up policy slips and other incriminating evidence. "It was a good pinch," says Carrington. "I think it will stick in court...
Everyone, that is, except his first wife Harlene, 28. She fumes. Last week, charging that since their divorce in 1962 Allen "has continued to hold me up to scorn and ridicule," she-and her lawyer-made threatening noises about filing a defamation-of-character suit...
Melvin says that he entrusted Foreman with collateral of several acres near Houston worth $2 per sq. ft., and that Foreman then sold 4.6 acres at only 35? per sq. ft., an alleged loss to Melvin of $62,408. Because he has already paid the lawyer $133,000 in cash, says Melvin, the property "loss" means that he now owes Foreman only $4,592. And he wants the remaining property back...
...jury trial might wind up raising his fee. "Depending on what newspaper you read, Mrs. Mossler inherited $9,000,000 or $33 million by the death of Jacques Mossler," he beamed. "She would not have inherited one penny of this had she not been acquitted." In Texas, a lawyer can work for a 50% contingency fee. "Therefore," said Foreman, "I would be willing to accept any modest fee, handed down by a jury, of between $4,000,000 and $16.5 million for my services." Added Foreman: "It is quite possible that one of the byproducts of such a trial will...