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Dec. 12, 2019

The man to see was Edward Bennett Williams

This is the third installment for the Daily Journal of histories for trial lawyers. Today’s subject is Edward Williams. When Williams represented Jimmy Hoffa in the ’50s, the New York Post wrote, “The byword in difficult federal cases is, when in trouble, get Ed Williams.”

Robert H. Bunzel

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UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA

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The man to see was Edward Bennett Williams
Edward Bennett Williams in 1970.

This is the third installment for the Daily Journal of histories for trial lawyers from the shelves of law-related books left to my firm by Bill Edlund, who passed in late 2016. The wisdom Bill curated is the basis for this series. This article concerns "The Man to See: Edward Bennett Williams: Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer," by Evan Thomas (Simon & Schuster, 1991), who was Newsweek'...

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