First Person
Dec. 1, 2013
Down at the Gucci Jail
A lawyer recalls the lasting impact a criminal case had on his career.
After law school, I spent a year clerking for an appellate court judge in Los Angeles, researching whether courthouse visitors could be required to pass through a metal detector; whether an angler had trespassed by fishing in Native American tribal waters; and whether a racketeer's conviction was based on an unlawful search. Heady issues for a baby lawyer. Later, I joined a law firm that represented movie studios. This was the late '70s, I was 26, and I'd decided I'd rather wo...
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