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Wearing Harvard Crimson
Robert Iuliano on Larry Summers, life in Cambridge and the university as a corporationIt’s late October, when Cambridge is the essence of academia. Robert Iuliano, the vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, paces a classroom in the School of Education’s Gutman Library, where he teaches a popular course titled “Higher Education and the Law.” Dressed in a dark suit and appropriate crimson tie, he delivers an ice-breaker to the masters and Ph.D. students as they settle into their seats. “I actually did some work today,” he says to laughter. Over the …
Wearing Harvard Crimson
Robert Iuliano on Larry Summers, life in Cambridge and the university as a corporationIt's late October, when Cambridge is the essence of academia. Robert Iuliano, the vice president and general counsel of Harvard University, paces a classroom in the School of Education's Gutman Library, where he teaches a popular course titled "Higher Education and the Law." Dressed in a dark suit and appropriate crimson tie, he delivers an ice breaker to the masters and Ph.D. students as they settle into their seats. "I actually did some work today," he says to laughter. Over the next two …
The Most Important Time Is Now
Boston attorney Sam Kim's penchant for Christian charity leads him to serve more than his clientsIt’s Friday morning rush hour at Park Street, the hub of all Hub subway stops. Men and women hurry by, briefcases in hand. Workmen amble along in boots and overalls. Students walk slowly, weighted down by backpacks.One figure stands apart. Dongsup “Sam” Kim strums on his Taylor acoustic guitar and sings “I’ll Fly Away.” Since 9/11, the Korean-born partner at Gesmer Updegrove has performed traditional gospel and contemporary Christian songs in public places. You’ll see him some …
The Power of Marsha Kazarosian
How did Marsha Kazarosian become one of the top trial lawyers in the state? You might say she was trained for the job from birth. Picture this. Vacationing with her extended family at Salisbury Beach, a wee Marsha sits at the window watching her Armenian-born grandfathers play tavloo (backgammon) on the porch. Paternal grandfather Karekin (Harry) Kazarosian, known to his relatives as Grandpa Hairig (“father” in Armenian), is dark, short, portly and jovial: Santa Claus without the beard. …
Leader of the Pack
When Russia’s richest man needed defense counsel, he turned to John PappalardoJohn Pappalardo was born to be a leader. Just ask his childhood friend Kimball Hobbs. “In the Boy Scouts, John was taking a canoe test for his merit badge,” remembers Hobbs, a former banker who is now a student at the University of Maine Law School. “He had to canoe against a crosswind and failed the test. He was truly embarrassed, but he took it as an incentive, not just to redeem himself and pass the merit badge, but to become an expert. And he did just that. “Later, between our …
David Hosp's Dark Harbor
Lots of lawyers dream about writing a novel one day. This guy did it, and it’s getting worldwide distributionDavid Hosp’s late-winter day begins like many others, except that this morning he is clearly worried. An intellectual-property lawyer for Goodwin Procter, Hosp drives his BMW station wagon from his Cohasset home to the ferry slip in Hingham. While the ferry winds its way through Boston Harbor during the next 35 minutes, Hosp never looks up to see Deer Island, Castle Island or any of the other historical sights. With his attorney’s ability to compartmentalize, he’s concentrating on …
Jeff Newman Goes From Reporting the News to Making It
Where do you train to learn First Amendment rights? The National Enquirer, of courseJeffrey A. Newman wakes up at 4 a.m. one summer Monday, gets out of bed, runs a comb across his head. Moving stealthily so as not to awaken his wife, Jan, or his 15-year-old daughter, Haley, he throws on gym clothes, skips breakfast and drives from his Marblehead home to the Boston Athletic Club. Arriving by 5:25 a.m., Newman joins a group of club members on their weekly walk through the streets of South Boston. A burly guy with curly gray hair, a mustache, blazing blue eyes and what a …
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