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Originally posted by Not Bob
John Grisham doesn't need to do any lawyerin', and I'm guessing that people like Peter Angelos, Willie Gary, and David Boies don't need to, either. Yet they do. Dennis Block and Joe Flom (he's still alive, right?) could probably quit, too, unless they are locked into expensive stuff like ex-wives, polo ponies, and mansions in Rye.
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I am sure that the NYCers have better stories, but in my experience Block is just a name and doesn't actually "work" on the deals. He's too busy hosting a dinner party for the Mayor at his apartment, and anyway, he has an 8-10 year partner as his bitch, who does most of the work. You get a couple of calls from his secretary asking you you "Please hold the line for Mr. Block" but when he's on the calls he clearly hasn't paid enough attention to the issues and his bitch has to help him out. Not a whole lot of actual lawyering going on, but I am sure his clients are happy, because they have Dennis Block on their deal. I can tell it's not like his job interferes with his social obligations.
(BTW, wasn't there a rumor that he was getting the boot from CWT a few years ago for being such an A-hole (and being so expensive)? I wonder why that didnt go through)
