| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 334 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Electing presidents, dominating courtrooms, controlling media, or winning a world series, Williams & Connolly lawyers are... Masters of the game" -- Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Roots, build, grow, branch -- Hollywood on the Potomac -- The passed-over partner -- War department meets State Department -- Where is Captain Sullivan tonight? -- "Sully" sacks a veep -- Craig's gist -- The little generalist -- Another day, another dollar -- The stage manager -- The elevator operator's son -- The courtesy man -- The high watermark -- Cigars with Castro, flowers for Ferraro -- Non-Hodgkin's strikes out -- The potted plant -- No apples for the teacher -- St. Gabriel's cemetery -- Spying on the birds -- The Enquirer meets the renaissance -- Swank Hillary -- The husky football star : not! -- The fabulous Bennett brothers -- Hillary : the first client -- A summitt and a tragedy -- Pricked by a hatpin -- Elián -- Pardon us -- Goldin parachutes -- Book-sport in D.C. -- Barack atah Illinois -- Dueling hotheads -- Half-baked Alaska. |
| Summary |
Profiling five partners and their cases since Williams' passing, Eisler casts some light on D.C.'s inner workings, especially during the Clinton presidency when Williams & Connolly attorneys such as David Kendall fended off special prosecutors. Partly helping to defray Bill and Hillary's legal expenses, however, was partner Robert Barnett, whose auctions of their memoirs exemplify how politicians get published. To show the media connection to D.C.'s legal-political nexus, Eisler tosses in stories about Williams & Connolly representing the Washington Post and the National Enquirer. The name-dropping doesn't let up: Brendan Sullivan defends Oliver North, Greg Craig defends Clinton against impeachment, and partner Larry Lucchino trades players from the Boston Red Sox. A diligently informative account of a DC power source--Booklist. |
| Subject |
Williams & Connolly -- History.
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Law firms -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780312554248 alkaline paper |
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0312554249 alkaline paper |
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