The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's

The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer

â€œOver the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie.â€
â€”Douglas Brinkley
Â
The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Scruggs made a fortune taking on mass tort lawsuits against â€œBig Tobaccoâ€ and the asbestos industries. He was hailed by Newsweek as a latter day Robin Hood, and portrayed in the movie, The Insider, as a dapper aviator-lawyer. Scruggsâ€™ legal triumphs rewarded him lavishly, and his success emboldened both his career maneuvering and his influence in Southern politics--but at a terrible cost, culminating in his spectacular fall, when he was convicted for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi state judge.Â
Â
Based on extensive interviews, transcripts, and FBI recordings never made public, The Fall of the House of Zeus exposes the dark side of Southern and Washington legal games and power politics: the swirl of fixed cases, blocked investigations, judicial tampering, and a zealous prosecution that would eventually ensnare not only Scruggs but his own son, Zach, in the midst of their struggle with insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages. In gripping detail, Curtis Wilkie crafts an authentic legal thriller propelled by a â€œwelter of betrayals and personal hatreds,â€ providing large supporting parts for Trent Lott and Jim Biden, brother of then-Senator Joe, and cameos by John McCain, Al Gore, and other DC insiders and influence peddlers.
Â
Above all, we get to see how and why the mighty fail and fall, a story as gripping and timeless as a Greek tragedy.
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2011-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307460714

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2011-09-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307460714

The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer

You might also like...