Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...approach: he calls himself a "multilateralist." In other words, he portrays himself as part of the once dominant bipartisan consensus that favored asserting American influence through alliances, treaty organizations, economic partnerships and the United Nations, and in accordance with international law. His world view reflects his background as a lawyer who has a reformer's faith in legal and governmental processes...
Despite his age -- or, as he believes, at least partly because of it -- Octogenarian Harry Lipsig is perhaps the winningest liability lawyer in America, as well as the founder and head of the nation's largest personal- injury firm. Although he does not appear in court in all cases taken by his firm, Lipsig was delighted to be Exhibit A in the Chernow case, which brought out all his instinct for courtroom spectacle. "If you bore the jury, you have lost the case," says Lipsig, who just a few years ago helped win a client's lawsuit by leaping several...
Just how unkind the McKay report is will not be known for sure until it is publicly released, along with a rebuttal prepared by Meese's lawyers. Although McKay did not elect to indict, his report is expected to cite a number of examples of questionable ethical conduct by the Attorney General. Among them: his relationship to San Francisco Lawyer E. Robert Wallach, who has been indicted on influence-peddling charges; assistance Meese gave to the New York City-based Wedtech Corp., which helped the company win a $32 million Government contract; a financial partnership that Meese had with...
Facing Hammadi last week were the slain man's parents, Richard and Patricia Stethem, who appeared as co-plaintiffs for themselves and six passengers. The couple's lawyer, Rainer Hamm, stressed that though the process was taking place in the "wrong country" -- West Germany rather than the U.S. -- their presence in court was a "symbol of trust . . . toward the West German justice system." Hammadi entered no plea. His trial is expected to last at least a year...
...Principato said the University had not heeded his complaint that he had been harassed for more than a year, and that he had decided to consult a lawyer...