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ORAL HISTORY OF IRVIN B. NATHAN
Index
ABA, 47-48, 83
ABSCAM, 39, 42-46, 48, 54
Williams, Harrison, 40
Alioto, Joe, 26
Alito, Samuel, 42
Allen, Steve, 17
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, 25
American Hustle (movie), 44
American University, 1, 14, 21-22, 25, 30, 32-33, 36, 44, 84
Anderson, Jack, 31
Antideficiency Act, 89-90
Appleseed. See DC Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
Arnold & Porter, 6, 21, 23-24, 28-31, 34-35, 38, 46, 48-50, 52-54, 56, 62, 65-67, 79, 101, 103,
106-107
Arnold, Thurmond, 25
Baker, Russell, 11
Baltimore Colts, 13
Baltimore Evening Sun, 9, 12
Baltimore Orioles, 3, 13, 16, 18
Bates, John, 72
Bennett, Bob, 79
Berle, Milton, 17
Biden, Joe, 48
Black Sox scandal, 35
BLAG. See United States House of Representatives
Bleakley, Peter, 35
Bleecher, Max, 26
Bloomberg, Michael, 11
Blue, Vida, 34
Boehner, John, 71
Bowser, Muriel, 90
Bryan, Albert Jr., 33
Budget Autonomy Act, 89, 90
Bush, George W. 70
Butz, Earl, 29, 30
Caesar, Sid, 17
Casey, William, 48
Chandler, Albert “Happy”, Sr., 34, 36
Cherubin, Charles (Charlie), 4, 7, 10
Christie, Arthur, 47
City Center project, 88
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Civiletti, Ben, 37, 46
Clark, David, 93
Clark, Judy, 54, 55
Clemons, Roger, 75
Clinton, William, 51
Cobell Trust, 102
Cohen, Myron, 17
Collins, Harold, 26
Columbia Law School, 18, 20, 23, 28, 53
Comiskey Park, 35
consent decrees, 100-101
contingency fee cases, 96, 100
Conyers, John, 72
Cooperstown, New York, 35
Corcoran Art School, 101
Corporation Counsel, 77, 82, 98
Council for Court Excellence, 79, 102
Covington and Burling, 102
Cronin, Joe, 36
Crosley Field, 35
Cuomo, Andrew, 64
Cuomo, Mario, 64
Darrow, Clarence, 13, 14
Davis-Bacon Act, 87-88
DC Affordable Law Firm, 104
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, 88-89
Del Tufo, Bob, 41
Diamond, Norman, 24
Dingell, John, 49
District of Columbia
Attorney General, 76
budget autonomy, 85, 88, 91-92
Home Rule, 88-90, 92, 100, 101
relationship between Congress and the District, 84
wrongful felony convictions, 93
Ed Sullivan Show, 17
Elson, Sheldon, 28
European Union, 63
Fast and Furious investigation, 73
Federal Anti-Deficiency Act, 100
Federal Defender’s Office, 54-55, 63
Federal Principles of Prosecution, 46
Feeney, Charles “Chub”, 35
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Fielding, Fred, 72
Fingers, Rollie, 34
Finley, 34, 36, 37
Finley, Charlie, 34
Fireside Encyclopedia of Baseball, 36
Fiske, Bob, 60-61
Fois, Andy, 83
Forbes Field, 35
Freeman, Milt, 24
Garland, Merrick, 59
George Washington University, 101
George Washington University of Law, 84
Gere, Sally, 83
Giles, Warren, 35
Goldwater, Barry, 48
Gorelick, Jamie, 59
Gray, 76, 79-81, 84-88, 92, 101
Gross, Jerry, 8, 9, 17
Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. See National Baseball Hall of Fame
Harvey, Michael, 33
Harvey case, 32
Heymann, Phil, 37-38, 40, 42, 51, 53, 56, 58, 62
Hiss, Alger, 11
Holder, Eric, 73
Holman, Brian, 90
Holtzman, Jerome, 37
Horsky, Charlie, 102
Howard University Law School, 84
Illinois Supreme Court, 45
importers of tomatoes grown in Mexico case, 29-30
Independent Counsel, 47, 57, 59-60, 64
Inherit the Wind, 13
Iran contra investigation, 61
Jackson, Amy Berman, 88
Jackson, Katanji Brown, 103
Jefferson, William, 69
Johns Hopkins University, 11-12, 14, 18
Jordan, Hamilton, 47
Keating Five, 55
Kennedy, John F., 4, 7
Kircher, Kerry, 69
Kolker, Peter, 103
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Krash, Abe, 24
Kress, June, 103
Kuhn, Bowie, 34
Land, Stuart, 24-25, 27-28
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 35-36
Lazarus, Simon (Si), 30
Leahy, Patrick, 48
Lieb, Fred, 36
Linthicum, Jesse, 3
Lykes Brothers Steamship Lines, 25, 27-28
Magnuson, Warren, 31
Margolis, Dan, 26, 28
Margolis, David, 56
Martin, John, 28
Marx, Groucho, 17
McGarr, Frank, 34
Meyerson, Bess, 30
Miers, Harriet, 71
Texaco Star Theatre (starring Milton Berle), 17
Miner, Judd, 7
Morgan Lewis, 88
Morrison, Alan, 27
Moynihan, Daniel, 48
Mr. District Attorney (television show), 13
My Life in Court, 13
Naftalis, Gary, 20
Nathan, Ben (grandson), 22
Nathan, Dan (son)
American Studies professor at Skidmore College, 22
Nathan, Irvin – Personal
anti-Semitism, 10
Baltimore Colts, 13
Baltimore Evening Sun, 12
summer job, 9
Baltimore Orioles, 13
Boston Red Sox, 34
Columbia Law School, 18, 23, 28
Jerome Michael moot trial competition, 20, 28
Darrow, Clarence hero, 13
father, 1, 2, 8, 9, 16, 17
dementia and Parkinson’s disease, 18
sense of humor, 18
Habonim, 6, 21
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Hebrew school, 2, 3, 5, 17
Hebrew University, 6
high school
Baltimore City College, 4
basketball team, 15
Collegian,
sports staff, 4
editor, 4
Columbia Journalism School award, 4
Johns Hopkins University
focus on journalism, 11
history major, 11
Hiss, Alger, 11
Phi Beta Kappa, 18
Russell Baker, 11
The Newsletter, 11
Swisher, Carl influence, 14
WJHU, 11
Nathan, Marilyn (sister), 2, 18
Boeing, 5
sibling rivalry, 5
Towson State Teacher’s College, 5
mother, 1, 2, 19
Mr. District Attorney (television show) influence, 13
New York Legal Aid Society, 20
parents
cosseted by parents, 10
New Dealers, 3
Perry Mason (television show) influence, 14
pushkie, 6
Sidney London & Co summer job, 8
Sobeloff, Simon influence, 7
statehood proponent, 91
The Public Defender (television show) influence, 13
Towanda Midgets softball team, 15
To Kill a Mockingbird, 14
touch football, 15
“The Toilet Bowl,” 16
truck driver and delivery boy, 9
Washington Bullets (now Wizards), 13
Zionist, 3, 5
Nathan, Irvin – Professional
ABA, 47-48, 83
White Collar Crime subcommittee chair, 47
ABSCAM, 9, 42-46, 48, 54
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, 25
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anti-trust grand juries, 32
Arnold & Porter, 21, 23-24, 28-31, 34-35, 38, 46, 48-50, 52-54, 56, 65-67, 79, 102, 104, 106
sabbatical, 54
changes in practice of law, 79, 143
large branch offices, 106
generalist vs. spcialist, 25, 106
journalism and legal profession, 104
less a profession and more of a business, 106
City Center project, 88
contingency fee cases, 200
Corcoran Art School, 101
Council for Court Excellence, 79
President, 102
discovery with technology, 105
District of Columbia
budget autonomy, 85, 88, 90-91
relationship between Congress and the District, 85
wrongful felony convictions, 93
European Union case, 63
Federal Defender’s Office, 54-56, 63
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines, 46
Harvey case, 32
immunity orders, 39
Independent Counsel statute, 47, 59
Lykes Brothers Steamship Lines, 25
National Association of Attorneys General, 102
Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, 6, 81, 94, 101
consent decrees, 100
defending lawsuits brought against DC, 92
Deputy Assistant, 38-39, 46, 51
jurisdiction with U.S. Attorney’s Office, 95
Organized Crime and Racketeering section, 39
Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General (PADAG), 53
shift from appointed to elected attorney general, 76, 98-99
supervising litigation both in local and federal courts, 79-80
Operation Graylord, 45
Porteous, Thomas, 69-70
Porter, Paul, 34
Principles of Federal Prosecution, 46
pro bono work, 32, 88, 102, 106
proposed wire taps, 39
Rule 16 of the Federal Criminal Rules, 59
Sapphire Steamship Lines, 25
Selective Service cases, 31, 32
Studio 54, 47
technology, 104
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Timberline Lodge case, 28
Treadwell case, 51-52, 56
United States Department of Justice, 51, 58, 62, 67, 71-72, 90, 98
United States House of Representatives, 49, 69-76, 79-80, 84-85
Ethics Committee, 42-43
General Counsel, 53, 67, 70, 85
United States Senate
Ethics Committee, 42
University of San Diego Law School, 54
Nathan, Dan (son), 21
Nathan, Jon (son), 21
Nathan, Jerry (first wife), 21
Nathan, Marilyn (sister), 5
Nathan, Melissa (wife of Jon), 22
Nathan, Zoe (granddaughter), 22
National Association of Attorneys General, 102
National Baseball Hall of Fame, 35-36
National Gallery of Art, 101
New York Legal Aid Society, 20
New York Yankees, 18, 34
Nizer, Louis (author, My Life in Court, 13
Obama, Barack, 72
Office of Administrative Hearings, 103
Office of the Corporation Counsel, 7, 76, 82, 84, 86, 98
Operation Graylord, 45
Options Public Charter School, 96-97
Panama Canal Zone, 32-33
Paul, Gabe, 37
Pelosi, Nancy, 68
Pepper, George Wharton, 35
Perry Mason (television show), 14
Puccio, Tom, 41, 44
Pertschuk, Mike, 30
Pittman, Jonathan, 83
Racine, Karl, 83, 85, 92, 99
Reagan, Ronald, 46
Reno, Janet, 57-58, 61-62
Revenue Rule, 63
RICO, 39, 46-49, 62
Robinson, Brooks, 16
Robinson, Jackie, 37
Robinson, Laurie, 57
Rock, Jimmy, 99
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Rosenstein, Rod, 57
Rove, Karl, 71
Rudi, Joe, 34
Ruff, Chuck, 84
“Ruff Fellows”, 84
Rule 16 of the Federal Criminal Rules, 59
Rushkoff, Bennett, 100
Safire, Marshall, 25
Safire, William, 25
Sapphire Steamship Lines, 25, 26
Sidney London & Co, 8
Silbert, Earl, 102
Sisco, Joe, 21
Snyder, Jimmy “the Greek”, 36
Sobeloff, Simon, 7-8, 21, 23, 54, 68
Society of Attorneys General Emeritus. (SAGE), 102
Spaeth, Mel, 24
Speech or Debate clause, 69, 74
Speedy Trial Act, 33
Starr, Ken, 61
Strachan, Christine, 55
Studio 54 case, 47
Sullivan, Emmet, 17, 90
Sullivan, Scott, 65
Sullivan, Tom, 45
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 90
Swisher, Carl, 14
Taylor, Sue (wife of son Dan), 22
The Baltimore Sun, 12
The New York Times, 25
The Public Defender (television show), 13
The Tonight Show (television show), 18
The Towanda Midgets, 15
Thomas, Harry Jr, 86, 97
Thompson, Fred, 48
Timberline Lodge case, 28
To Kill a Mockingbird, 14
tomatoes
Jack Anderson column, 31
Mexican, 29-30
Treadwell case, 51-52, 56
Treadwell, Ken 56
Treanor, Bill, 83
Turley, Jonathan, 70
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UDC. See University of the District of Columbia
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, 26
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 7, 88, 90
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 28
United States Department of the Interior, 102
United States Department of Justice, 51, 58, 62, 67, 71-72, 90, 98
United States Department of Agriculture, 29-30, 52
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 26, 90
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 34, 41
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 34
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 28
United States House of Representatives., 21, 42-43, 49, 53-54, 57, 66-79, 83-84
Ethics Committee, 42
United States Senate
Commerce Committee, 31
Ethics Committee, 42-43, 54
Intelligence Committee, 48
Judiciary Committee, 61
United States Supreme Court, 14, 42, 45, 48, 61-63
University of the District of Columbia, 84
Viola, Tom, 49
Walsh, Lawrence, 61
Walter, Judy (second wife), 21
American University assistant to the President, 24
Catholic University PhD, 22
Wells Fargo Bank vice-president, 21
White House Fellow, 21
Williams & Connolly, 23
Washington Bullets, 13
Washington Nationals, 16
Washington Redskins, 16
Washington Wizards, 16
Washingtonian (magazine), 24
Watergate, 47, 54, 57
Weinberg, Mel, 40, 41, 44
Whitewater, 60
Williams, Harrison, 40
WorldCom, 65
Your Show of Shows (television show), 17
Zionism, 3
beliefs, 6
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Zuckerman Spaeder, 103