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Chapter Twenty-Two
Do a Job—Harvey the Litigator
SEPTEMBER 1969 – FEBRUARY 1972
In which our author looks at Martindale-Hubbell and reports to work anyway—but then has some trying experiences, but no real trying experiences.
Another Kind of Joint Maker; Where Did He Live When He Died?
To this point I had seen six Rosenman attorneys: three partners and three associates. A glance at Martindale-Hubbell (the law firm directory) showed that Getraer had been a member of the Harvard Law Review, Fisher had been a member of the Columbia Law Review, Roth had been a member of the Harvard Law Review, Edelson had been a member of the Columbia Law Review, Nadel had made the Columbia Law Review, and Walpin had made the Yale Law Journal. That was just the start of it. There were about fifty attorneys at Rosenman when I joined, and it seemed as if the only one who had not made law review was Samuel I. Rosenman himself. So the most senior of the partners had a lot in common with the person who was about to become the most junior of the associates.
Of course, Samuel I. Rosenman had not only been a judge who sat in the New York Supreme Court, he was also the White House Counsel (the first) to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, for whom he was a trusted
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