Cited Authorities
Behind every successful legal career is a series of decisions that never made it onto a résumé. Cited Authorities features conversations with accomplished lawyers, and the leaders who shape their field, about career inflection points, professional judgment, reputation, leadership, and the real stories behind professional success.
Excellent legal careers are not accidents. Hear the stories of how they were built.
Cited Authorities
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Power Is Fire: Jeffrey Pfeffer on Why Good Work Is Not Enough
“Power is a tool. You know, it’s like fire.”Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has taught since 1979. He created Stanford GSB’s Paths to Power c...
Terry Lemons: White House Reporter, IRS Insider, Baseball Historian
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/how-the-irs-dirty-dozen-was-createdTerry Lemons spent more than 26 years at the IRS, 11 of them leading communications for the agency. Before that he covered the 1992 pres...
C. Evan Stewart: Wall Street Trial Attorney, Historian, and Author
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/why-direct-examination-is-harder-than-crossC. Evan Stewart practiced law for more than 47 years, most of it in securities and financial services litigation, and retired fr...
John Pontius – From the JAG Corps to Founding a Tax Law Firm
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/john-pontius-from-army-jag-to-tax-controversyJohn Pontius is the founder of Pontius Tax Law, PLLC. He started as an Army JAG officer, deployed to Iraq with the 1st Armored...
Pamela Gilbert: The Attorney Fighting for Consumer Safety
Full Subscriber Edition: https://citedauthorities.substack.com/p/running-the-cpsc-and-the-safe-rental-car-actPamela Gilbert spent years pressuring federal agencies from the outside, at U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Public Citi...
