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SKADDEN: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire - Softcover

Caplan, Lincoln

 
9780374524241: SKADDEN: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire

Synopsis

In this unprecedented look at the culture of American lawyering, Lincoln Caplan shows us Skadden's origins in the white-shoe postwar legal world and its rise to preeminence in the era of Drexel Burnham Lambert - the firm's largest client in the eighties. Skadden is revealed as a place that prizes opportunists but which also created a $10 million program to support public-interest lawyers. In Caplan's probing and even-handed account, the story of Joe Flom's firm illuminates an era in America business and society.

"Caplan's inside insights are fascinating. It is as if we get not only one of L.A. Law's best episodes, but also a lot of what is usually left on the cutting-room floor." - Booklist

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About the Author

Lincoln Caplan is assistant managing editor of U.S. news and World Report and the author of several books, including Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire and The Tenth Justice: The Solicitor General and the Rule of Law

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