Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have decided not to try and justify," he said. Neither, he continued, would he attempt to "rationalize and defend" the Big Board's complex fee schedule, which is partly based on the number of shares and partly on the amount of money involved in a stock transaction. SEC Lawyer Eugene Rotberg nevertheless pressed him for reasons-and it became evident that the logic behind the fees is a bit baffling...
Citizen & State. Asked by the court in 1962 to bring before it the case of Clarence Earl Gideon, prisoner No. 003826 at the Florida State Prison, Fortas, even as a private lawyer, was instrumental in shaping the decision that guaranteed any indigent defendant a court-appointed lawyer. Gideon was more than a case; it became an article of faith. As a member of the court, Fortas has supported other decisions that have radically broadened the rights of defendants. "We're not just dealing with the criminal and society," he once told an attorney who was arguing for the police point...
...President's message ordering federal troops into the city. It was an unfortunate speech, blatantly political and overly technical in a time that called for reassurance and sympathy. Johnson, however, was shocked that anybody would dare to criticize it. "Why," he told a visitor, "I had the best constitutional lawyer in the United States right here, and he wrote that...
...wife Carolyn is also a lawyer, specializing in taxes. A warm, vibrant woman with a touch of the feminist?she smokes cigars, insists on using her maiden name, Carolyn Agger, and tools around in her own Rolls-Royce?she seems devoted to her celebrated husband. With no children, the Fortases find ample time for recreation as well as cerebration. During the winter they ski; during the summer they swim. They summer in Westport, Conn., and their permanent home in Georgetown has a swimming pool boasting a bubble top for year-round...
...adventures: he swam the Bosporus. Returning to Quebec, Trudeau fought against the decrepit, reactionary regime of Provincial Premier Maurice Duplessis. He wrote for an intellectual magazine called Cite Libre that helped bring a business and cultural boom to the province. He also worked as a labor lawyer and as an adviser to the Privy Council, later taught law classes at the University of Montreal...