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Re-Examination: Conversations with the Storytellers Behind Legal History

Author: Infinite Global and M Coffey

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Re-Examination is a podcast that revisits legal history with the lawyers behind it, focusing on the intersection of law and storytelling. Produced in collaboration between Infinite Global and M Coffey, this podcast focuses on the cases and advocacy that have brought about transformative change.

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In this episode, author Jeffrey Toobin discusses his latest book, The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy, which examines Gerald Ford's controversial pardon of Richard Nixon. Toobin discusses his research process, which led to a new understanding of the events surrounding the pardon and its lasting consequences. The conversation explores the political context of the pardon, including the role of lawyers' perspectives and the shifting understanding of presidential power. The discu...
In this episode, we sit down with Steve Schleicher, the veteran trial lawyer who played a pivotal role in the prosecution of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Steve shares the behind-the-scenes strategy and storytelling approach that shaped one of the most significant cases in U.S. history. We explore how Steve's meticulous preparation, experience, and ability to humanize the narrative for the jury helped secure justice. Listeners will gain insight into the legal maneuvers, courtr...
When the Supreme Court heard arguments in Trump v. United States over presidential immunity, it didn’t take long for the intent of the Founding Fathers to take center stage. “There are amici here who tell us that the Founders actually talked about whether to grant immunity to the president,” Justice Sotomayor said early in the hearing. “And, in fact, they had state constitutions that granted some criminal immunity to governors. And yet they didn’t take it up.” The amici Justice Sotomayor was ...
In this episode, George Fatheree III talks about his journey leading to his representation of the heirs of Charles and Willa Bruce, whose land in the city of Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County was taken away from them a century ago. Justice for the Bruces gained momentum in April 2021 when Los Angeles County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Holly Mitchell announced their intention to have Los Angeles County return the beachfront property to the Bruce’s legal heirs. But the return was not a su...
In the second episode of Re-Examination, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd founding partner Paul Geller shares the inside story of how a group of plaintiffs’ lawyers, and states, counties, municipalities and even school districts banded together to secure more than $50 billion in settlements over the opioid crisis. Among those who have paid for what has been called “one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine” are the thousands of communities that have been left to pick up the tab fo...
In episode one of Re-Examination, senior Jenner & Block partner Anton “Tony” Valukas explains how he approached telling one of the most consequential and complicated stories of our time: the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Once the world’s fourth largest investment bank, Lehman filed for bankruptcy on September 15, 2008. Its collapse contributed to the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929. Appointed examiner by the judge overseeing Lehman’s bankruptcy, Tony...
In the first episode of season two, Infinite Global Head Writer Andrew Longstreth and M Coffey founder Murray Coffey speak with Michael L. Bloch and Benjamin D. White about their role taking on the white supremacists who organized the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in 2017. The $26 million verdict they helped win for victims of the violence made national headlines and sent a powerful message to the defendants and their allies. The trial featured a devastating cross examination...