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The Lawyers of Summer

Talking baseball with the legal execs of the Yankees and Mets

The House That Trost Built There was no lack of politicians and luminaries in hard hats ready to shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for New Yankee Stadium on August 16, 2006. Just a pop fly from the House That Ruth Built—where since 1923 fans have cheered the team to a record 26 World Series titles—team owner George Steinbrenner, flanked by former governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was uncharacteristically brief. “It’s a pleasure to give this to you …

The Lawyers of Summer

Talkin’ baseball with the general counsels of the Yankees and Mets

There was no lack of politicians and luminaries in hardhats ready to shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for New Yankee Stadium on August 16, 2006. Just a pop fly from the House That Ruth Built—where since 1923 fans have cheered the team to a record 26 World Series titles—team owner George Steinbrenner, flanked by Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was uncharacteristically brief. “It’s a pleasure to give this to you people,” he said. Then a major player stepped …

On the Frontlines of Terror

Fireman-policeman-lawyer David Kelley strikes back at terrorists

No New Yorker can forget where they were on September 11, 2001. David N. Kelley certainly can’t.   Minutes after the first plane hit the north tower, Mary Jo White, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and Kelley’s boss at the time, sent him — along with Barry Mawn, head of the FBI unit in New York — to the site. “I ran the four blocks from the office down there and was met by police and fire officials,” he says. “There was a search-and-rescue going on. We were …

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