Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Written by a lawyer and for other lawyers, this book numbingly details the prestige, power, and tedium of practicing law
in huge metroplitan corporate law firms. These case histories of such blue-chip firms as New York's Cravath, Swaine, & Moore (the author's former employer) and Chicago's Kirkland & Ellis depict litigation as a kind of warfare in which dark-suited associates wage the bloodless battles, their motions and documents the weaponry strategically manipulatd by the partners in the war room. A few chapters treat compelling legal disputes (e. g. Westinghouse's uranium debacle); but, for the most part, prolonged antitrust suits, corporate mergers, and original stock issues do not lend themselves to narrative intrique." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)