Last of the Gladiators
He was a titan, standing taller than the Empire State Building.
He was voted one of the "100 Smartest New Yorkers" and deemed by People Magazine and his peers one of the top half-dozen defense attorneys in the country.
His was a household name, so when he died in 2014, the world's leading newspapers ran lengthy obituaries of him.
As an attorney, he was a warrior, a Roman gladiator, feared by prosecutors, respected by judges.
He represented clients as notorious as mobsters Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino, and as diverse as Ross Perot, Studio 54, Keith Hernandez, the New York Jets, MGM, Def Jam Records, and Columbian drug lords.
He argued before the Supreme Court, and several times remade criminal law in ways that remain to this day.
Of nearly 1000 cases he tried, he won more than 80 percent.
He was described as a combination of Bob Hope and Darth Vader.
He was superhuman, brilliant, charming, and unforgettable.
He was trial lawyer Jimmy LaRossa, and they'll never be another American lawyer quite like him.
This is his story, Last of the Gladiators: A Memoir of Love, Redemption, and the Mob by his son, James LaRossa Jr.
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Last of the Gladiators
He was a titan, standing taller than the Empire State Building.
He was voted one of the "100 Smartest New Yorkers" and deemed by People Magazine and his peers one of the top half-dozen defense attorneys in the country.
His was a household name, so when he died in 2014, the world's leading newspapers ran lengthy obituaries of him.
As an attorney, he was a warrior, a Roman gladiator, feared by prosecutors, respected by judges.
He represented clients as notorious as mobsters Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino, and as diverse as Ross Perot, Studio 54, Keith Hernandez, the New York Jets, MGM, Def Jam Records, and Columbian drug lords.
He argued before the Supreme Court, and several times remade criminal law in ways that remain to this day.
Of nearly 1000 cases he tried, he won more than 80 percent.
He was described as a combination of Bob Hope and Darth Vader.
He was superhuman, brilliant, charming, and unforgettable.
He was trial lawyer Jimmy LaRossa, and they'll never be another American lawyer quite like him.
This is his story, Last of the Gladiators: A Memoir of Love, Redemption, and the Mob by his son, James LaRossa Jr.
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Last of the Gladiators

Last of the Gladiators

by James M. LaRossa Jr.
Last of the Gladiators

Last of the Gladiators

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Overview

He was a titan, standing taller than the Empire State Building.
He was voted one of the "100 Smartest New Yorkers" and deemed by People Magazine and his peers one of the top half-dozen defense attorneys in the country.
His was a household name, so when he died in 2014, the world's leading newspapers ran lengthy obituaries of him.
As an attorney, he was a warrior, a Roman gladiator, feared by prosecutors, respected by judges.
He represented clients as notorious as mobsters Paul Castellano and Carlo Gambino, and as diverse as Ross Perot, Studio 54, Keith Hernandez, the New York Jets, MGM, Def Jam Records, and Columbian drug lords.
He argued before the Supreme Court, and several times remade criminal law in ways that remain to this day.
Of nearly 1000 cases he tried, he won more than 80 percent.
He was described as a combination of Bob Hope and Darth Vader.
He was superhuman, brilliant, charming, and unforgettable.
He was trial lawyer Jimmy LaRossa, and they'll never be another American lawyer quite like him.
This is his story, Last of the Gladiators: A Memoir of Love, Redemption, and the Mob by his son, James LaRossa Jr.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940163125746
Publisher: Bancroft Press
Publication date: 09/22/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 11 MB
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About the Author

James M. LaRossa Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Manhattan and Connecticut. He is a publisher, journalist, and third-generation New Yorker.

LaRossa spent four years in the writing department at Sarah Lawrence College. In 1984, he left Fordham Law School to become a book reviewer for The International Courier in Rome, Italy. LaRossa has almost 1,000 published bylines to his name, in a wide range of subjects, spanning literature, medicine, and business.

Upon his return to New York City, he wrote for Fairchild and ABC/Cap Cities, before founding MedWorks Media Inc., one of the largest publishers in psychiatry, drug development, and mental fitness. In 2006, he relocated permanently to Southern California.

His dying father—the infamous trial lawyer and political insider, Jimmy LaRossa—joined him in Manhattan Beach, California, on January 30, 2010.

In the last five years of his life, the legendary attorney revealed to his eldest son and confidant the most closely-held secrets to more than a generation of New York City’s organized and white-collar crimes.

LaRossa continues to live within a mile of the house where he lived with his father. He resides with his fiancée, Sonya. Their four children—Sofia, Gianni, Max and Juliana—are frequent visitors.

A large photo of their fearless father and grandfather hangs high on a prominent kitchen wall.
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