Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what to do with someone who may be both crazy and cunning. The former Berkeley math professor managed, with his shifting demands and refusal to cooperate, to twist the case into a knot of conflicting legal rights that only a mathematician could untangle. Who should really shape the defense: lawyer or client? Can attorneys be forced to present a defense they think is virtually suicidal? If someone is sane enough to stand trial, does that mean he's sane enough to defend himself if his best defense is that he's crazy? Just what does the U.S. Constitution...
...place. In the front row sat David Kaczynski, 47, a quiet man with a pained face, whose call to the FBI had marked the beginning of the end. Next to him was his diminutive mother Wanda, 80, who had not seen her son Ted in 15 years, and family lawyer Anthony Bisceglie. A few minutes before 8, the door opened and the alleged bomber finally strode in, wearing a white cable-knit sweater and a striped dress shirt. David reached for his mother's hand as his older brother, looking neither left nor right, walked past them straight...
...court reconvened on Wednesday afternoon amid hopes that the opening statements could proceed. Judge Burrell announced that the issue of representation had been resolved; Kaczynski would cooperate with his lawyers. But Kaczynski was not done surprising the court. It seems that San Francisco defense attorney J. Tony Serra had faxed the court an offer to represent Kaczynski for free if he could fire his attorneys. In a phone call just before court reconvened, Serra told Kaczynski he would not use a mental-illness defense. "I would like to be represented by him," Kaczynski announced to the stunned audience. Judge Burrell...
...addition to writing numerous books on securities law, Loss wrote a book describing his career, titled Anecdotes of a Security Lawyer, which was published...
...defendant doesn't look ready to dignify the demand, not even with a counter-offer. Reporters searching for a quote from the Clinton camp have been forced to fall back on an old maxim from his lawyer, Robert Bennett, who insisted, way back, that Clinton "will not apologize for something he didn't do." Indeed, all signs are that the President's in for the long haul on this one. And if that means facing the gaze of his accuser and losing some Chief Executive dignity...