Servants of the Damned
Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump, and the Corruption of Justice
New York : Mariner Books, HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
"From the New York Times's Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world's largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign and much of the Fortune 500, as a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Prologue: power play -- A hustling business -- The independence principle -- A truly national firm -- Advertisers-at-law -- Creating a monster -- Keeping up with the Jones Days -- The greatest client -- Aiding and abetting -- Judas day -- The full Fredo -- "Try to save the culture" -- Rogue lawyers -- Burning the envelope -- Make it go away -- Psychological combat -- Dirty, dirty, dirty -- Lurching to the right -- The bloody eighth -- Trump's stallion -- You can count me in -- A lawless Hobbesian nightmare -- A nice little cushion -- Rich, pissed off, and wrong -- Subsidizing Trump -- Bizarre coincidences -- Redefining shamefulness -- No vacancy left behind -- Fearmongering -- We dissent -- Epilogue: The black book.
Subjects:
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue -- Corrupt practices.
Law firms -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Practice of law -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue -- Corrupt practices.
Law firms -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Practice of law -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Justice, Administration of -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
ISBN:
9780063142176
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LAW Enr | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.