Jeffrey Winn

February 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

By Jeffrey Winn

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December 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

By Reviewed by Jeffrey Winn

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December 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

By Jon Meacham, Random House, New York, $35, 836 pages Abraham Lincoln once observed that "Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."…

By Reviewed by Jeffrey Winn

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October 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Diversity in the federal judiciary was virtually nonexistent in 1967. Up to that time, only five blacks had ever been appointed to Article III judgeships. The big break with the past occurred when President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court in June 1967. Wil Haygood has written a compelling book about Marshall's tumultuous confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the first such extended hearings in history.

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August 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his new book, Henry Paulson describes China's recent rise to global supremacy and the challenges that lie ahead. Foremost amongst these challenges are reform to the legal and capital market systems. The book is must reading for anyone who is interested in the United States' "pivot to Asia."

By Jeffrey Winn

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August 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his new book, Henry Paulson describes China's recent rise to global supremacy and the challenges that lie ahead. Foremost amongst these challenges are reform to the legal and capital market systems. The book is must reading for anyone who is interested in the United States' "pivot to Asia."

By Jeffrey Winn

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May 13, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Bryan Stevenson has written a gripping memoir that details his modest upbringing, Harvard education, struggles as a black lawyer in the Deep South, frustrations in representing the poor, building a successful public interest law practice from scratch, and triumphs against a criminal justice system that too often (at least 152 times since 1973) sentences innocent people to die.

By Jeffrey Winn

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May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Bryan Stevenson has written a gripping memoir that details his modest upbringing, Harvard education, struggles as a black lawyer in the Deep South, frustrations in representing the poor, building a successful public interest law practice from scratch, and triumphs against a criminal justice system that too often (at least 152 times since 1973) sentences innocent people to die.

By Jeffrey Winn

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March 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Richard Norton Smith has written a scholarly and balanced biography of Nelson Rockefeller that portrays the former New York governor as a quintessential man of his times, both in action and passion. Since Al Smith, no governor has left a larger or more controversial footprint on New York.

By Jeffrey Winn

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March 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Richard Norton Smith has written a scholarly and balanced biography of Nelson Rockefeller that portrays the former New York governor as a quintessential man of his times, both in action and passion. Since Al Smith, no governor has left a larger or more controversial footprint on New York.

By Jeffrey Winn

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