Lions in the Street

Overview

The book describes the great Wall Street law firms of the 1970s, prominent cases, traditions, and a community of high-profile lawyers. Some famous names discussed: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Lord Day & Lord; Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Coudert Brothers; Covington & Burling, and others.

The name of the book might be inspired by Celebration of the Lizard, a performance piece written in 1970 by Jim Morrison, frontman of The Doors.

Contents

1. The Congress of Vienna Sits on the Fifty-seventh Floor
2. Downtown, Midtown, All Around the World
3. The $100-an-hour Toll Collectors
4. Some Partners are more Equal than Others
5. The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—I
6. The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—II
7. "As my Lawyer, Dick Nixon, said the Other Day..."
8. The Workers Are the Means of Production
9. A Lot Goes on Behind Closed Doors
10. The Green-goods Councel as the Big Board's Cop
11. The Public Servant as Private Lawyer
12. The Private Lawyer as Public Servant
13. The Greetings of the Bar Association
14. On Different Wavelengths

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