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Jan 27, 2017
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: Erin Brockovich

This week, in belated honor of this past Saturday’s Women’s March, I decided to watch a juggernaut on the ABA Top 25, one of the most celebrated legal movies in recent memory… Erin Brockovich 2000 dir. Steven Soderbergh If Atticus Finch is the Great Dad of the lawyer movie genre, Erin Brockovich is its Super

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Jan 14, 2017
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: To Kill A Mockingbird

Gregory Peck, all of America wants you to be our dad. As America bids farewell to its own real-life Atticus Finch, I thought it would be a good time to watch #1 on the ABA’s List of the 25 Greatest Legal Movies, the legendary… To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 dir. Robert Mulligan The world is

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Dec 31, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: A Few Good Men

You’re a big boy/girl, so you quite likely can handle the truth. This week, after months of procrastinating, I decided to pony up the requisite $7.99 and watch #14 on the ABA’s Top 25, perhaps the most iconic lawyer movie of the modern era. I want to say upfront that I will do my best

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Dec 21, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: Um… Miracle on 34th Street?

This dude is just as surprised as you are that he made the ABA Top 25 Lawyer Movies. This week, with ambient Christmas music having burrowed its way deep into my subconscious, I decided to watch a Christmas classic, #25 on the ABA’s list of the 25 best legal movies… Miracle on 34th Street 1947

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Dec 10, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: Philadelphia

For some reason, this week I decided to watch #8 on the ABA’s Top 25, a movie that may be the most gut-wrenching on the list… Philadelphia 1993 dir. Jonathan Demme Lawyer movies, like the courts themselves, are often forums for showcasing the pressing moral issues of the day. Want to make a thriller about

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Dec 01, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: In the Name of the Father

Ow. This week, to cheer up from my post-election blues, I decided to watch #21 on the ABA Top 25 list of great lawyer movies, a film about an innocent man and his father on trial for a pair of IRA bombings. What can I say? There aren’t that many lawyer comedies. In the Name

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Nov 02, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: Presumed Innocent

Yes, Harrison Ford. We get it. You’re brooding and alone. For this week’s edition of The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time, I decided to check out #11 on the ABA’s Top 25… Presumed Innocent 1990 dir. Alan J. Pakuta “Presumed Innocent,” starring Harrison Ford, is about a lawyer accused of a killing a coworker

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Oct 14, 2016
The Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time: The Verdict

Paul Newman as lawyer and struggling alcoholic Frank Galvin. This week, in my ongoing search for the Greatest Lawyer Movies of All Time, I decided to re-watch #10 on the ABA’s Top 25… The Verdict 1982 dir. Sidney Lumet Some movie lawyers are noble. Some are cruel, or cold, or just in it for the

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