A top executive, he cultivated donors, then used his legal acumen to arrange their multimillion-dollar gifts of money and art. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Legal Profession”
Client Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Lawyer, a Tiananmen Activist
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Jim Li had fought for democracy in China and often worked pro bono. He died in his Queens office after an irate client stabbed him, the police said. Source: New York Times
How the Manhattan DA's Investigation Into Donald Trump Unraveled
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2022
The criminal investigation into the former president crashed amid a disagreement about the merits of bringing a case. The debate pitted a new district attorney against two veteran prosecutors who had pursued a case against Mr. Trump for years. Source:…
Cuomo Has $16 Million in Campaign Cash and No Campaign. What Now?
By Gotham Rex on January 18, 2022
The former governor still has a big war chest even as he faces large legal bills. Source: New York Times
He’s Prosecuted Pirates and Arms Dealers. Now He’ll Advise Eric Adams.
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
Brendan McGuire, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who ran an anti-corruption unit, will be Mr. Adams’s chief counsel. Source: New York Times
It’s Never Too Late to Go to College and Rewrite Your Story
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2021
Devon Simmons served 15 years in prison for crimes he committed as a teenager. Since then, he’s been on a mission to remake not just his own life, but the legal system itself. Source: New York Times
Can Brooklyn’s New U.S. Attorney Help Restore Faith in Law Enforcement?
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2021
Breon S. Peace, who went to high school in Crown Heights, is taking over as top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn at a precarious moment. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Lawyers Plead Guilty in Firebomb Case
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2021
Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman expressed regret for the attack on a police car in May 2020. Each could face 10 years in prison. Source: New York Times
Damian Williams, the First Black U.S. Attorney of the S.D.N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2021
Damian Williams, an unassuming figure with stellar credentials, is now the most powerful federal law enforcement official in Manhattan. Source: New York Times
New Top Federal Prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn Are Confirmed
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2021
One of the two, Damian Williams, will be the first Black person to lead the powerful U.S. attorney’s office for New York’s Southern District. Source: New York Times
Rudy Giuliani's Law License Is Suspended in New York
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
A state appellate court concluded that as Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, had lied about election fraud. Source: New York Times
Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2021
A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies. Source: New York Times
Richard K. Kim, Pioneering Korean-American Prosecutor, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2021
He was appointed an assistant district attorney in Queens in 1985 and later became counsel to a cosmetics company. He died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Priscilla Read Chenoweth, Who Won Freedom for a Stranger, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2021
She spent seven years and much of her retirement savings to prove that a teenager had been wrongly convicted of murder. Source: New York Times
Barbara Ann Rowan, Who Spurred Advances for Black Lawyers, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2021
As a Black lawyer she protested a racial slur during a bar association speech after forging a trail as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. She died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times