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ABA Journal: Modern Law Library : How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency
ABA Journal: Modern Law Library : How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
After losing both the 1960 presidential election and the 1962 California governor’s race, Richard Milhouse Nixon vowed at a press conference, “You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore” and seemed to have written the epitaph to his political career. He left for New York and became a partner in a white shoe law firm. Yet six years later, he would win the White House, in no small part because of that firm. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Victor Li explains how Nixon leveraged his time at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander to resurrect both his political viability and the firm’s financial standing. He discusses his new book, “Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House,” and shares what it was like to have Nixon as a law partner, from piano/clarinet jam sessions to landing a huge client by getting Khrushchev to drink a Pepsi.
Released:
May 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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