The art of a trial lawyer is to tell a story, particularly so in America where both civil and criminal cases are commonly tried before a jury.
James Zirin is a trial lawyer — on the evidence and in my experience a gifted one, with talents not confined to the courtroom. He writes extensively in the press, hosts the cable TV programme Conversations in the Digital Age and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Mother Court, his affectionate, rollicking story of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, not only tells a very good tale; it covers a range of subjects as topical in Europe as in the United States — the law’s response to the