Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career/Job    3. Careers - General    4. Careers - Other Specific Fields    5. Careers / Job Opportunities    6. General    7. Law (General)    8. Legal Profession    9. Professional Occupations    10. Advice on careers & achieving success    11. Careers guidance    12. Jurisprudence & General Issues    13. Law / General    14. Work & labour   

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Reviews (3)

Great read...
Excellent read - fun, informative, insightful.Should be great learning tool for those new to the M&A world, and both healthy and entertainingto those who have experience already.Lederman is a very bright guy, andhis writing style is that of a fine story-teller.Always clear... alwaysinteresting.An "older" book now, but gives interestingfundamentals to foundational strategies still important in 2000. (I justre-read, and am glad I did)

Excellent Personal Story of Legal Side of Corporate Finance
I enjoyed Lederman's writing style and imagine him to be a fairly modest man of extraordinary talent. I hold the CFA designation and my reading choices tend to be finance oriented with an occasional foray into pulp like "Rainmaker", "Predator's Ball", "Liar'sPoker", and the other usual suspects. "Tombstones" renewedmy appreciation for the legal aspects of M&A, which are introduced hereby way of an interesting personal history. Lederman provides anintroduction, rather than an exhaustive study, of tax and legal issues.This book drew me in much more than "Big Deal", which I have yetto finish. I recommend both, given Wasserstein's obvious accomplishmentsand his more contemporary account. "Tombstones" is first andforemost a very good story and thus more engrossing. Also, the lengthydisourse on Ian Reich was heartfelt and of peculiar interest given hisreemergence on the front page of the WSJ.

Ever wonder what was really happening in the 1980's
Great book. Hearing the stories from the inside, it'll make you skin crawl to read about the largess of the 1980's. The book covers all the "greats": Keating, Pickens, Reagan and Miklen to name a few. Thisbook would make a great movie. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Law    3. Business/Economics    4. Civil Procedure    5. Consolidation and merger of co    6. Consolidation and merger of corporations    7. Executives    8. General    9. Law and legislation    10. Lawyers    11. Legal Profession    12. United States    13. Law / Legal Profession   

Subjects:  1. California    2. Corporate    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Profession    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Professional corporations    8. Reference    9. Small Business - General   

Subjects:  1. Abstraction    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Formalities (Law)    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal authorities    9. Sociological jurisprudence    10. Business & Management    11. Law / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    12. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Love this book!
This is a fantastic book for entry-level and experienced paralegals alike.It helps get you through some tough situations.Chere Estrin is a pro and well-known for sound advice and this book is full of excellent ideas and suggestions.I highly recommend it!

PARALEGAL CAREER PATHS
If you've ever had those middle of the night terrors wondering if you've made a mistake by choosing a paralegal career, you should pick up a copy of the Paralegal Career Guide.This book packs a lot of information about career pathways for paralegals. Best Career Book I have ever read
I loved this book. The author obviously knows her subject. Any paralegal will find it invaluable in charting the course of his or her carrer. This is real insider stuff so if you want to know how others have made a go of atough career, pick this book up. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Career/Job    3. Careers - General    4. Careers - Other Specific Fields    5. Careers / Job Opportunities    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. United States    9. Vocational guidance    10. Law / General   

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It's about introspection and being practical
This book is for lawyers who think they want change.Because of the laser-point intellectual focus required to launch a successful legal career, many lawyers find themselves at year 10 and wonder how they ended up "there."Self-examination is a luxury few in big firms afford, but it's critical to establish and maintain the right career path. Waste of money!
This has to be the worst career advice book ever written.I bought this book expecting a practical guide on what needs to be done to make a successful job transition as an attorney.Instead the first portion of the book deals with do I really want to be a lawyer?After 4 years of college, 3 years of law school, clerking experience and at a minimum of one job as an attorney, I think that most lawyers know whether or not they want to be an attorney.If they have any questions, there are many books out there to help them decide what they "really want" to do with their life. The advice given is simplistic and not always very realistic for those attempting to change jobs, if you are trying to leave you current employer on good terms. I was very disappointed in this book. It was a waste of money to buy it. It was a waste of time to read it. Another warning, this book is an ABA publication, which may explain it's utter uselessness.The ABA publications on legal careers are some of the worst I have ever read.If you are looking for good Amazing Grace
This is THE most amazing book I've ever read.Before reading this book, I was lost.Now, I am found.My life has a meaning and true happiness that I did not think possible; all because of this wonderful book.Since my third reading, I have been uncapable of anything but pure bliss.I love this book, and because of the book, I now love everyone.I can't stop smiling and thinking happy thoughts.Just like Peter Pan said!WOW!What a great book!I'm going to buy copies for all my family and friends so they can be happy too.I'll send copies to everyone in the middle east and then we'll have peace!Picture Old Yassur and Babar Buruk sitting around a campfire roasting marshmellows to make s'mores.It will happen.Thank you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Career/Job    4. Careers - General    5. Careers - Other Specific Fields    6. Law    7. Lawyers    8. Legal Profession    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Vocational guidance    12. Advice on careers & achieving success    13. Law / Reference    14. Legal skills & practice   

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Required reading
All law students, future and present, must read this book. This book is a definite eye-opener to the realities of the legal profession. The thesis and supporting research are so compelling that they might actually change the reader's mind as to whether to invest the time and money in a law degree. Alternatively, this book will make the aspiring law student a much better customer of a legal education and/or profession. Read more

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MaxEffect Agrees: This Is A MUST READ For Yellow Page Advertisers!
I've been personally involved with Yellow Page ad design for 30 years. I know from experience that the information in Kerry's book will practically guarantee your success in this unique medium. I've been preaching very similar Yellow Page design strategies and have enjoyed increased response rates for my clients of 30% to 800%. Buy it once, read it a few times, then sit back and get ready to answer lots of phone calls. This is by far the most intelligent and valuable Yellow Page advertising manual available.

No Value At All
New York lawyers know this - and I have been a lawyer for over twenty years, it is so clear that yellow page advertising is a extinct medium. If you don't have the page priority nor the money to spend on the right books - your'e dead in the water past page five. It's the Internet that really counts today not the yellow pages....
YP Commando swears by the lessons in this book
Effective Yellow Pages Advertising for Lawyers is one of those books that is elegant in its simplicity, and timeless in its advice.
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Subjects:  1. Advertising    2. Advertising & Promotion    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Law    5. Legal Profession    6. Practice Of Law    7. Reference    8. Law / Reference   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Law    4. Law Office Education    5. Legal Profession    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal assistants    8. Paralegals & Paralegalism    9. United States    10. Legal skills & practice    11. Office systems & equipment   

Subjects:  1. Analysis (Philosophy)    2. Law    3. Law and economics    4. Legal Profession    5. Methodology    6. Statistical methods    7. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

Subjects:  1. General Practice    2. Law    3. Law offices    4. Legal Profession    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal ethics    7. Records and correspondence    8. Records retention    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Christianity    2. Christianity - History - General    3. Domestic Relations - General    4. Domestic relations (Canon law)    5. Family Law - General    6. History    7. Law    8. Legal History    9. Legal Profession    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Marriage    12. Marriage (Canon law)    13. Reference    14. Religious aspects    15. To 1500    16. Reference works   

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Reviews (12)

Out of the Abyss
In the Making of a Country Lawyer, Spence delivers what most of those who write autobiographies avoid -- a critical, honest and, at times, humorous account of his growth from an awkward youth, to married man, and ultimately to a truly mature man. He is so honest and witty and provides such rich descriptions of his teenage years, his law school "education," and his first few trials that I would be cringing one moment and laughing out loud the next. So emotionally lost was Spence at different times that it appeared he could never find his way out of the abyss, nevermind reclaim the mountain top. It is more than an autobiography, it is the story of man so tormented with guilt and feelings of inadequacy that he's desperate to escape his own skin . . . until he meets his soulmate. It's the best autobiography I've ever read and perhaps Spence's best book.

Excruciating
This book relates the details of the life of Gerry Spence, a well-known trial lawyer.From his earliest days of life through the beginnings of his second marriage, Spence reveals to us what his life was like, who his influences were, and how he reacted.The driving focus of the book is Spence's mother, who took her own life when he was a young man.At the time of her death, she and Spence had had a falling out, and Spence sees much of the rest of his life as trying to make peace with her.At the end of this book, some of Spence's famous cases and clients are mentioned in an epilogue; however, these topics are not discussed in the memoir section at all.
This century'sTom Paine
Next to "The Paper Chase",I found Gerry Spence's autobiography to be extremely inspirational, and yet, this time he offered wisdom for the rest of us who do not take up the law. One reviewer missed the point about "country lawyer"(the common man), trying to weaken Spence's building diatribe against corporate America. His vivid, meticulous storytelling ranges as wide as the landscape of his upbringing, where Horatio Alger meets Franklin and finishes with Thomas Paine.In other words, he offers hope for the little guy, the citizen, if men of his cloth would abandon their ways and the rest of us would stop acting like lemmings. This captivating, truth-telling journey to adulthood, runs from the depression to the consumptive new millenium. His many Lincolnian lessons throughout make it a deservedly classic manual for the under-taught. Spence proves Darwin wrong. It's not the fittest, the prepared truth-seekers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Country lawyers    6. Lawyers    7. Lawyers & Judges    8. People of Color    9. Spence, Gerry    10. Wyoming    11. Law / Legal Profession    12. Modern fiction   

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A good stress reducer for lawyers
For attorneys who feel stressed in their jobs, this is a worthwhile book.I would consider it recommended reading also for those considering a legal career. Be realistic
You guys all know that being a lawyer could be a very hectic and demanding job! This book doesn't deny that cliche-it helps you get the right picture about lawyer'sworld and for lawyers themselves, the rare chance torefresh their job. I think this book worth reading for whom are interestedin legal career or for lawyers, of course! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit / Personal Transformation    2. Business Life - General    3. Civil Procedure    4. Law    5. Law / Legal Profession    6. Lawyers    7. Legal Profession    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Practice of law    10. United States    11. Attorney and client    12. Personal Transformation    13. Self-help   

Editorial Review

Baseball's first commissioner cast such a long and powerful shadow over the game, it's often hard to untangle his contribution from his personality, and his life from his lasting myth. The truth that emerges from this exhaustive and engaging biography of Judge Landis has no problem matching the outsized legend stride for stride. Landis moved into the public spotlight to clean up the national pastime after the disgrace of the 1919 World Series, but there was much more to this complex man and his complex career. Read more

Reviews (9)

readers will cringe
Pietrusza's portrait of the Squire is not without its flaws. Typos are too frequent. Some words, like soon and merely, are used repetitiously; Hampton L. Carson is represented as "Hampton L. Carlson." Pietrusza also commits redundancies and is too enamored of stilted adverbial phrases. In addition, some readers will cringe at Pietrusza's space allocation: large sections are given over to explanations and clarifications of cases and issues where Landis's name fails to be mentioned, and substantial sections also deal with characters only peripherally associated with Landis.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis: Judge and Jury
I rated this book a 5 because it captured the flavor of the Anabaptist spirit.His Mennonite heritage was outlined in the first part of the book.His character certainly was played out, as he mentioned the Landis Familyis in the book of "Martyrs Mirror".This man definitely knew nocompromise.It was evident that he was willing to help theunderpriviledged.For anyone who knows Mennonite Philosophy he fits theticket.I am not a baseball fan, but I did enjoy reading and seeing hischaracter played out.Definitely worth reading.

A Thorough Biography
Someone once described Branch Rickey as a man of many facets, and they are all turned on.Much the same could describe baseball's first commissioner. Landis, being a baseball fan, appeared to make decisions which wouldbenefit the game.An example would be delaying the Federal League courtdecision which could have changed the game radically.Rather than make adecision he didn't want to make, he delayed untila settlement could bemade with the major leagues.He banned Shufflin' Phil Douglas when Douglassaid he would go fishing rather than pitch a game for the Giants he wouldprobably win.This was to get back at his manager, John McGraw, who gavehim a vicious tongue lashing and had him given a so-called harsh drying outfrom alcohol abuse without his wife's knowledge as to his whereabouts. When asked by Landis his side of the story, Douglas didn't defend himselfagainst McGraw's actions and just hung his head.Gambling wasn't abanishable offense prior to the Cobb/Speaker incident in 1927, and Landisseemed to let these two superstars off easy, whereas he was especially hardon Rogers Hornsby.The Rajah, who enjoyed attending the racetrack, stoodup to Landis and said his wagering money at the racetrack was no differentthan Landis losing money in the stockmarket.An unfortunate character inthe story is Jimmy O'Connell of the Giants.O'Connell, naively approachedHeinie Sand of the Phillies about making it worth his while to lose a gameagainst the Giants during the last week of the season.Sand, knowing whathappened to Buck Weaver of the White Sox, reported the incident, and thisled to O'Connell's banishment from the game.The sad part of this story isthat O'Connell's teammates, Frank Frisch and Ross Youngs played a prank onO'Connell and Jimmy took it seriously.Frisch and Youngs, both Hall ofFamers, were never punished.Landis's treatment of the eight Black Soxplayers would never be upheld today.His beginning statement,"Regardless of the verdict of juries..." tells it all.Landiswould do what he wanted.He would never get away with that with either theACLU or the players' union if they had one at that time.The authorappears to defend Landis for his lack of action towards allowing blacks toplay in the major leagues.Landis said he feared riots in ball parks ifblacks were admitted.Maybe it was true that the time was not right, buthe hid behind the tired response stating there was no rule prohibitingblacks from playing in the major leagues.Maybe not, but there was a"gentleman's agreement" that none would be signed.Somegentlemen!Landis was hired by the owners, but he didn't appear to respectthem.He claimed to be a player's commissioner, and one way he showed thatwas in releasing players from the minor leagues that he felt covered uppreventing their advancement.You really never knew what Landis' reactionwould be to something.He could be very unpredictable with what he woulddo regarding an issue, and he seemed to play favorites regarding players. He didn't care for Branch Rickey, who he may have felt was hypocritical byplaying the part of a preacher while doing things that Landis felt wereself-serving.The Judge had his fights with J. G. Taylor Spink, thepublisher of The Sporting News because a Saturday Evening Post articlereferred to Spink as Mr. Baseball and the conscience of baseball.Thereare some strong willed personalities in this book and the author does anexcellent job of bringing this part of baseball and American history tolife. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1866-1944    2. Baseball    3. Baseball - General    4. Baseball commissioners    5. Biography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. General    8. Judges    9. Landis, Kenesaw Mountain,    10. Law    11. Lawyers & Judges    12. Legal Profession    13. Practice Of Law    14. Sports - Baseball    15. United States    16. Landis, Kenesaw Mountain    17. Sports & Outdoor Recreation    18. Sports & Recreation / General   

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