Walter Bottger

Broschiertes Buch

Rotten Apple

Beschreibung

A young and hesitant lawyer, Henry Perkins, joins a Governor-sanctioned probe into corruption in the City of New York. Amid unfolding revelations of wrong-doings among police, local politicians, and organized crime, Henry and his hard-driving team carry out a series of fast-paced and risky investigations under the resolute, almost messianic, leadership of Special Prosecutor, Howard Matlin. Over the course of professional and inner conflicts, he experiences personal growth, as does Sara, a beautiful and willful female prosecutor with whom he falls in love. Action-packed and filled with vivid descriptions of a gritty City interspersed with flashes of beauty, Henry grapples with threats to his person and his own career. In addition to being a narrative of a frustrated anti-corruption campaign, Rotten Apple is a tale of growth and self-realization ending with a final stirring message. This novel is based upon a true-life investigation into corruption led by then-Special Prosecutor Maurice H. Nadjari that took place in the early 1970s under the authority of Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The author was a member of the prosecution team.

Autor

Bottger's career path - in fact, his entire life - is wonderfully eclectic. He journeyed from white-shoe corporate litigator to high-profile anti-corruption prosecutor to, for a time, a composer of Madison Avenue ad jingles. Only in his late 40s did he co-found what is today, Berkman, Bottger, Newman, and Schein, a unique and full-service force among Manhattan divorce-law boutiques. Bottger has a razor-sharp, competitive and, at times, playful intellect, readily peppering his arguments with references from Western literature and history, glimpses into the Harvard degree in English Lit he earned in 1961. >After graduating from Harvard, he considered going to grad school and becoming a teacher, but once he settled in Manhattan, he went straight to Columbia Law School where he earned his LL.B. in 1965. A stint at Shearman & Sterling followed in which he sank into the soul-crunching legal mechanics of security disputations. By 1994 the Berkman Bottger firm had been launched where he transferred his zeal for justice by becoming an advocate for the divorcing spouses, focusing his energies on achieving fair outcomes for those in the midst of traumatic - and sometimes tragic - situations. Along the way, Bottger built a record in appellate cases, including arguing several matters before the State's highest court. With his fighting instincts tempered by a steady infusion of ballet, jazz, classical music, opera, and world travel, the author remains a compassionate and formidable champion of doing what is right. Adapted from Stephen E. Clark, The Ten Leaders Cooperative, 2012.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798350964837
• Artikelnr.: 71703218