Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defense insisted throughout the month-long trial that Lonetree had provided nothing of value to the Soviets, and disputed the validity of the two sworn confessions he had given investigators last December. Defense Lawyer William Kunstler argued that the Marine guard was guilty of nothing more than falling in love with a Soviet translator at the embassy. Lonetree, said Kunstler, had given the KGB useless documents in a fumbled attempt to be a free-lance double agent. Retorted Prosecuting Attorney Major David Beck: "To become a double agent, you must first become...
...much touted campaign by U.S. prosecutors against insider trading on Wall Street. Only last May, for example, the feds dropped charges against three investment-banking executives, though new indictments may be brought. But last week the campaign against wrongdoing in Manhattan's financial community took another step forward as Lawyer Israel Grossman, 34, was found guilty on 38 counts of mail and securities fraud related to insider trading. Grossman, who will be $ sentenced Sept. 15, faces a maximum of five years in jail and a $250,000 fine on each count...
Reginald Lewis had every reason to feel successful and satisfied. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he had founded the first black legal firm on Wall Street and enjoyed a six-figure income. But four years ago, at age 40, Lewis became bored with a lawyer's life. He decided to jump onto a faster track: the takeover game...
Harvey faces only one murder charge so far, but several more are expected to be handed up this week. At his arraignment for Powell's murder, Harvey pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Since then, court-appointed psychologists have turned up no strong evidence of mental illness, and his lawyer says he will probably abandon the insanity defense. The attorney is reportedly trying to strike a deal with prosecutors that will spare Harvey the death penalty. "My son has always been a good boy," Harvey's mother Goldie Harvey McKinney told the Cincinnati Post. "He's still a good...
...have become converts. Slotline putters have helped Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper win tournaments on the senior tour, and Kathy Baker used one in her victory at the 1985 U.S. Women's Open. But most of Slotline's customers have much more modest goals. Thom Smith, 42, a tax lawyer in Fairfax, Va., says he chopped his handicap from 19 to 13 after he began playing with a set of Slotline irons. "I don't get to practice much," he says, "so I need more forgiving clubs." Forgiveness, though, came at a price: $468 to Duke Duclos, the merchant...