Servants of the damned : giant law firms, Donald Trump, and the corruption of justice

Enrich, David 1979- (author.).

Summary: "From the New York Times's Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposae of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world's largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign and much of the Fortune 500, as a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780063142176 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A hustling business -- The independence principle -- A truly national firm -- Advertisers-at-law -- Creating a monster -- Keeping up with the Jones Days -- The greatest client -- Aiding and abetting -- Judas day -- The full Fredo -- Try to save the culture -- Rogue lawyers -- Burning the envelope -- Make it go away -- Psychological combat -- Dirty, dirty, dirty -- Lurching to the right -- The bloody eighth -- Trump's stallion -- You can count me in -- A lawless Hobbesian nightmare -- A nice little cushion -- Rich, pissed off, and wrong -- Subsidizing Trump -- Bizarre coincidences -- Redefining shamefulness -- No vacancy left behind -- Fearmongering -- We dissent.