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...LIFE IN COURT (524 pp.)-Louis Nizer-Doubleday...
...Life in Court, Nizer...
NONFICTION 1. My Life in Court, Nizer...
They first met when they joined the Manhattan law firm of Phillips & Nizer (now Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim). Benjamin had worked his way through the College of the City of New York and Fordham Law School; Krim was a Columbia Phi Beta Kappa and editor in chief of the Columbia Law Review. They specialized in accounts in the entertainment field, became so well known that in 1951 United Artists came to Krim for help...
...Counsel Charles Henry argued that the verdict should be set aside because the award was excessive in view of the token compensatory damages. One of the troubles, he implied, was that Pegler's rambunctious courtroom manner had a poor effect on the jury. Replied Reynolds' attorney, Louis Nizer: "In a day when [reckless] extremities of certain writers have caused a serious problem, [we require] just such a lesson...