v. Goliath
Subtitle: the trials of David Boies
By: Karen Donovan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Other titles: Versus Goliath
Description: Provides a study of the life and work of David Boies, America's most prominent trial and celebrity attorney, analyzing his strategies, skills, effectiveness, and penchant for personal renown as he takes on a series of headline-making cases.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "Once it's over, it's over"; title: A ticket for speeding; title: The Cravath system; title: The seed of the myth; title: "Everyone recognized that the time had come for him to go"; title: The tribe; title: The show; title: The first lesson; title: The doctrine of retribution; title: Kiss and make up; title: Big money; title: Getting to $512 million : bidding up the case against Christie's and Sotheby's; title: Glamour; title: In the bunker; title: The haymaker; title: 3,300 ballots; title: "Well, I think that's a very hard question"; title: The Jule dice.