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Eat what you kill : the fall of a Wall Street lawyer / Milton C. Regan, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Regan, Milton C., Jr., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gellene, John--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Gellene, John.
- Bucyrus-Erie Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Bucyrus-Erie Company.
- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
- Trials (Perjury)--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
- Trials (Perjury).
- Bankruptcy lawyers--United States.
- Bankruptcy lawyers.
- Bankruptcy--United States.
- Bankruptcy.
- United States.
- Legal ethics--United States.
- Legal ethics.
- Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 402 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Eat What You Kill is the story of John Gellene, a corporate bankruptcy partner who is a rising star at one of Wall Street's most venerable law firms. But when Gellene is caught failing to disclose a conflict of interest to a federal court, his world collapses. This book tells Gellene's story with an eye on its implications for all lawyers who must work in the competitive, highstakes arena of modern law practice.
- Contents:
- Part I Context
- Chapter 1 From "Nobody Starves" to "Eat What You Kill" 15
- Chapter 2 Portrait of a Young Lawyer 50
- Chapter 3 Rust Belt Meets Wall Street 71
- Part II The Bankruptcy
- Chapter 4 Rolling the Dice 97
- Chapter 5 A New Battlefield 136
- Chapter 6 Bankruptcy Trials 173
- Part III The Fall
- Chapter 7 Nowhere to Hide 205
- Chapter 8 Gellene on Trial 235
- Part IV What Happened?
- Chapter 9 Feeling Pressure 291
- Chapter 10 Justifying Concealment 325.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-394) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472031603
- 9780472025916
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.17453
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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