Roberta Walburn

Miles Lord

The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice

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Produktbeschreibung

Roberta Walburn is an attorney based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she has been named one of the most influential members of the legal profession in state history and recognized by the University of Minnesota for "shaping the legal landscape for the benefit of society." Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News and as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, as well as serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Miles Lord.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781517902315
• ISBN-10: 1517902312
• Artikelnr.: 48066433

Autorenporträt

Roberta Walburn is an attorney based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she has been named one of the most influential members of the legal profession in state history and recognized by the University of Minnesota for “shaping the legal landscape for the benefit of society.” Previously, she worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News and as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, as well as serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Miles Lord.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
1. Boyhood on the Range, 1919–1937
2. The Dalkon Shield Quagmire
3. Young Man in the Cities, 1939–1948
4. Courtroom No. 1
5. Hotshot Prosecutor, 1951–1952
6. Meeting the Enemy
7. Political Wunderkind, 1954–1960
8. Lawyers Objecting, Witnesses Stonewalling
9. Persecutor of Organized Crime, 1961–1965
10. Judge Lord Goes to Richmond
11. The People’s Judge, 1966
12. On the Trail of Secret Documents
13. Presidential Politics, 1968
14. Sweeping Corporate Headquarters
15. Election, 1968
16. The Brink of Settlement
17. Bold on the Bench, 1969–1972
18. The Speech
19. Judge Lord versus Reserve Mining, 1973–1974
20. A. H. Robins Fires Back
21. Reserve Mining versus Judge Lord, 1974–1976
22. The Judge Stands Accused
23. Fire and Brimstone, 1976–1981
24. Endgame
Afterword
Acknowledgments 
Notes and Sources
Selected Bibliography
Index