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"America's Premier Lawyers Series"
Featured Guests:
Marilyn G. Haft
Co-Host Jack Girardi
Gerry Spence was born and educated in the small towns of Wyoming where he has practiced law for nearly fifty years. He has spent his lifetime representing the poor, the injured, the forgotten and the damned against what he calls "the new slave master," mammoth corporation and mammoth government. In this interview, Gerry provides his insight about his acquittal of attorney Geoffrey Fieger in a federal trial involving charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and illegal campaign contributions. Gerry also expresses his hopes for the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Gerry has tried and won many nationally known cases, including the Karen Silkwood case, the defense of Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, the defense of Imelda Marcos, the case against Penthouse Magazine for Miss Wyoming and other important criminal and civil trials. He has never lost a criminal case. He has not lost a civil case since 1969. He has had more multi-million dollar verdicts without an intervening loss than any lawyer in America. Gerry is the founder of the Trial Lawyers College which has established a revolutionary method of training lawyers for the people. He believes that what he has learned needs to be shared with those who will continue to strive for justice on behalf of ordinary people. Gerry is the author of seventeen previous books, including the best-seller, How to Argue and Win Every Time, From Freedom to Slavery, O.J: The Last Word, The Making of a Country Lawyer, Murder and Madness, A Boy's Summer, With Justice for None, Give Me Liberty!, Gunning for Justice, Gerry Spence's Wyoming and Half-Moon and Empty Stars.
Marilyn G. Haft joined Duval & Stachenfeld as a partner in 2004 to establish and now co-chair the Entertainment and Media Practice Group of the Firm. In this interview, Marilyn offers her expert analysis about Senator Hillary Clinton’s potential nomination as Secretary of State in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama.
Marilyn specializes in the business and legal affairs of the multimedia and communication industries, including the film, television and publishing sectors. She represents film and television production and distribution companies as well as individuals in those businesses, with a specialty in structuring financing for those enterprises. In addition, she maintains impressive credentials and diverse contacts in the entertainment and political fields. Marilyn has been a law partner at a number of firms and was a test case constitutional law litigator at the national level for six years when she litigated in the State and Federal courts across the country including the U.S. Supreme Court.
She has served as General Counsel and Managing Director of a financial services company that provided short-term funding requirements for major film studios, independent film producers/distributors, cable and record companies. She was responsible for co- creating the financing structure of the transactions, and conducted due diligence on all contractual and cash flow related matters. Marilyn was also General Counsel to a publicly traded multimedia acquisitions company, where she was responsible for all aspects relating to acquisitions, including intellectual property issues involving patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets. She is an award-winning independent film producer and has worked at NBC News and ABC News on content and production and as a producer on Peter Jennings’ specials. She was Executive Producer of an American Playhouse feature film, as well as an Emmy award-winning documentary on Preston Sturges for “American Masters” on National Public Television. She acted as a co-producer of “Grace is Gone,” the John Cusack movie that won the Audience Award and Best Screenplay Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently she acted as a co-producer on two films chosen for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, “Diminished Capacity,” starring Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda, and “ Birds of America,” starring and co-produced by Hillary Swank.
Marilyn served the Carter Administration as Associate Director of the Office of Public Liaison in the White House, Deputy Counsel to Vice President Walter Mondale in the White House and as a U.S. Representative to the United Nations. She was the head of the New York City primary campaign for Carter/Mondale in 1980. She was an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film and TV, where she taught entertainment law and business to third year graduate students. She is an author of general non-fiction books, including legal works. Marilyn is a graduate of the New York University School of Law where she taught as an adjunct professor, and she is a member of the Bars of New York State, the District of Columbia and the US Supreme Court.
Jack Girardi, Partner at Girardi & Keese, one of America’s Finest Law Firms, and lawyers, as always, brings out the most important key elements to the success of today’s guests. He and his firm have been dedicated to working hard and getting the best possible recovery for its clients.
Girardi & Keese's mission is to provide aggressive representation of individuals and businesses who have been injured in some way, whether by physical harm, property damage, damage to business, or damage to economic interests. Girardi & Keese has two offices in California: Downtown Los Angeles and San Bernardino.
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Contact:
Gerry Spence
800-967-2117
The Spence Law Firm
www.spencelawyers.com
Marilyn G. Haft
212-692-5527
Duval & Stachenfeld LLP
www.dsllp.com
Jack Girardi
213-977-0211
www.girardikeese.net
Steve Murphy
Host & Executive Producer
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