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Martin London
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLitigation attorney
Known forRepresenting former US Vice President Spiro Agnew

Martin "Marty" London is an American litigation

US Vice President Spiro Agnew.[1]
He was a partner at
Time Magazine,[3] the HuffPost[4] and The New York Times.[5]

Early life and education

London grew up in Crown Heights,

NYU Law Review.[2]

Career

London worked at law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP for 45 years until his retirement in 2005.[10] He was the firm's chairman from 1990 to 1992.[6]

In 1971, London represented former

paparazzo Ron Galella, which resulted in Kennedy Onassis obtaining a restraining order against the photographer and highlighting the issue of paparazzi.[11][12] Other clients include tobacco corporation Brown & Williamson, financial corporation Citigroup and non-profit organization Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, with the latter represented pro bono.[2][13] In the mid-1980s, London represented the lawyers defending several of Donald Trump's tenants in a separate case, who Trump then sued in an attempt "to crush the tenants by crippling their lawyers."[6]

London was actively involved in the disbarment for unethical conduct in 1986 of Roy Cohn, former chief counsel for Senator Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump's mentor and personal lawyer.[14][15][16] In 2018, London called on President Donald Trump to resign.[1][17]

His memoir, The Client Decides: A Litigator's Life: Jackie Onassis, Vice President Spiro Agnew, Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and more, was published in 2017.[10]

London contributed to

tax fraud in 1973.[18] According to evidence presented by the then United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, George Beall, Agnew had "sought and received cash payments of more than $100,000 while in elective office" over a period of eight years.[19] Agnew resigned in exchange for the charges being reduced to tax evasion.[19][20] On the podcast, London recalls the events from his point of view as Agnew's lawyer at the time.[21]

Personal life

London married his first wife, Mellanie R. Bell, in 1958. They had two children, Jesse (*1960) and Lizbeth (*1965), and were divorced in 1974.[22][23] London's second wife, Doris "Pinks" Wilke London, is a retired private tutor for children with learning disabilities.[24] She has two children from a previous relationship, including her daughter Stephanie Mack, who was married to Bernie Madoff's son Mark until his death by suicide in 2010.[25] It was London who discovered the body of his son-in-law in the couple's apartment.[26]

Publications

  • The Client Decides: A Litigator's Life: Jackie Onassis, Vice President Spiro Agnew, Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, and more (2017)

References

  1. ^ a b "I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew. President Trump Should Consider Resigning". Time. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Martin London, Of Counsel". www.paulweiss.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  3. ^ "Martin London". Time. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  4. ^ "Martin London | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  6. ^ a b c Sullivan, Casey. "Paul Weiss Lawyer Recalls Top Clients and Fighting Trump in Memoir". biglawbusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  7. ISBN 978-0692815885
    .
  8. ^ "Cornell University, Class Notes 1955" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  9. ^ Freedom of the Press or License to Libel: Balancing freedom of the press with an individual's right to protect "a good name" from defamatory statements; NYU Law Alumni Association, 2005 Annual Fall Lecture, judgewatch.org
  10. ^ a b About the author. ASIN 0692815880.
  11. ^ "Fishing for Life Lessons with Marty London". www.paulweiss.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  12. ^ London, Martin (2010-06-01). "Smash That Infomercial!: The Omissions and Lies in HBO's Film About Ron Galella". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  14. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  15. ^ ""Where's My Roy Cohn?" New documentary examines how Trump's former lawyer helped to "Create" the man we know today". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  16. ^ "The 'Where's My Roy Cohn?' documentary director reveals Trump's Machiavelli". Los Angeles Times. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  17. ^ Folley, Aris (2018-08-24). "Spiro Agnew lawyer: Trump should resign to keep Mueller from prosecuting his family". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  18. ^ "Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  19. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  20. ^ "Transcript - Episode 5: Double-Header". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  21. ^ "Transcript - Episode 3: Hang In There, Baby". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  22. ^ "London v. London, 420 F. Supp. 944 (S.D.N.Y. 1976)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  23. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  24. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  25. ^ "Madoff Son's Suicide Followed Battle with Trustee". www.cnbc.com. 2010-12-12. Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  26. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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