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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCohen, Trump's Lawyer, Went to the Worst Law School in America
per Newsweek:
https://theweek.com/speedreads/771676/trump-attorney-michael-cohen-went-remarkably-bad-law-school
and Politico: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/04/trump-michael-cohen-lawyer-cooley-law-school-218318
and Fortune: http://fortune.com/2018/05/05/michael-cohen-cooley-worst-law-school-in-america/
There are mob connections all thru his family.
His uncle Dr. Morton W. Levine ...., provided medical assistance to members of the Lucchese crime family, which aided their illegal activities, according to a sworn affidavit in 1993 from an F.B.I. special agent. The agent was involved in the investigation of the Lucchese underboss, Anthony (Gaspipe) Casso, who regarded Levine as someone who would do anything for him, according to the affidavit. That account was buttressed by testimony from a longtime Lucchese associate in an unrelated 2006 federal trial. In 1992, Dr. Levine bought Mr. Cassos home while Mr. Casso was a fugitive. Dr. Levine has acknowledged in court documents that Mr. Casso was a patient. But he said he did not know that the house belonged to Mr. Casso and denied any wrongdoing.
Dr. Levine also owned El Caribe, a Brooklyn catering hall that for decades was the scene of mob weddings and Christmas parties. Two of New Yorks most notorious Russian mobsters once maintained offices there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/business/michael-cohen-lawyer-trump.html
Dr. Levine also owned El Caribe, a Brooklyn catering hall that for decades was the scene of mob weddings and Christmas parties. Two of New Yorks most notorious Russian mobsters once maintained offices there.
all of the above links serve to give a very clear picture re: Cohen.
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Cohen, Trump's Lawyer, Went to the Worst Law School in America (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
May 2018
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,586 posts)1. That really doesn't matter, since he barely practices law anyhow.
Although we might want to check their catalog to see if they offer a bagman practice clinic for aspiring fixers. Had he gone to a better law school chances are he'd still be a sleaze, but he'd be doing sleazy stuff for a better class of people.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. Actually, his family of origin is a better class of sleazy..
Several of them are involved with darker shades of the law, and a lot of money laundering going on.