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100 1  Wilkie, Curtis. 
245 14 The fall of the house of Zeus :|bthe rise and ruin of 
       America's most powerful trial lawyer|h[Hoopla electronic 
       resource]. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2010. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
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511 1  Read by Sean Runnette. 
520    The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie 
       Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer 
       in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former 
       U.S. Senate majority leader, Scruggs made a fortune taking
       on mass tort lawsuits against "Big Tobacco" and the 
       asbestos industries. He was hailed by Newsweek as a latter
       -day Robin Hood and portrayed in the movie The Insider as 
       a dapper aviator-lawyer. Scruggs's legal triumphs rewarded
       him lavishly, and his success emboldened both his career 
       maneuvering and his influence in Southern politics-but at 
       a terrible cost, culminating in his spectacular fall, when
       he was convicted for conspiring to bribe a Mississippi 
       state judge. Here Mississippi is emblematic of the modern 
       South, with its influx of new money and its rising 
       professional class, including lawyers such as Scruggs, 
       whose interests became inextricably entwined with state 
       and national politics.Based on extensive interviews, 
       transcripts, and FBI recordings never made public, The 
       Fall of the House of Zeus exposes the dark side of 
       Southern and Washington legal games and power politics: 
       the swirl of fixed cases, blocked investigations, judicial
       tampering, and a zealous prosecution that would eventually
       ensnare not only Scruggs but his son, Zach, in the midst 
       of their struggle with insurance companies over Hurricane 
       Katrina damages. In gripping detail, author Curtis Wilkie 
       crafts an authentic legal thriller propelled by a "welter 
       of betrayals and personal hatreds," providing large 
       supporting parts for Trent Lott and Jim Biden, brother of 
       then-senator Joe, and cameos by John McCain, Al Gore, and 
       other D.C. insiders and influence peddlers. Above all, we 
       get to see how and why the mighty fail and fall, a story 
       as gripping and timeless as a Greek tragedy. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Scruggs, Dickie. 
650  0 Lawyers|zMississippi|vBiography. 
650  0 Judicial corruption|zMississippi|xHistory. 
700 1  Runnette, Sean.|4nrt 
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