Richard Nixon's Big Law Years in NYC

Josh Block is joined by legal journalist, Victor Li, the author of a new book about Richard Nixon's time as a law firm partner in New York City. In between his loss in the 1962 gubernatorial election in California and the 1968 presidential campaign, Nixon was a rainmaking partner at the Wall Street law firm, Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander. In “Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House,” Li chronicles how Nixon’s time as a practicing lawyer, including arguing a case before the Supreme Court, helped pave the way for his political comeback. Sponsors: Epiq www.epiqglobal.com/ Bloomberg Law www.bloomberglaw.com/ More Information: Big Law Business https://biglawbusiness.com/ Show Notes: Richard Nixon’s concession speech following his loss in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. https://youtu.be/JA1edgj1U5E Leonard Garment on Charlie Rose speaking about his book, “Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon’s White House, Watergate, and Beyond…” https://charlierose.com/videos/766 Oral arguments in Time v. Hill, the Supreme Court case Richard Nixon argued. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/22 The New York Times account of the collapse of Nixon’s former law firm, from October 1, 1995, “The Mudge Rose Firm Enters the Tar Pit of Legal History.” https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/01/nyregion/the-mudge-rose-firm-enters-the-tar-pit-of-legal-history.html Victor Li’s Richard Nixon blog. http://victor-li.com/the-nixon-blog/