Eat What You Kill

Eat What You Kill is the story of John Gellene, a corporate bankruptcy partner who is a rising star at one of Wall Street's most venerable law firms. But when Gellene is caught failing to disclose a conflict of interest to a federal court, his world collapses. This book tells Gellene's story with an eye on its implications for all lawyers who must work in the competitive, highstakes arena of modern law practice. Book jacket.

Milton C. Regan Jr. is Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center

Acknowledgments

ix

The Cast

xi

Prologue

1

(14)

PART I: CONTEXT

From ``Nobody Starves'' to ``Eat What You Kill''

15

(35)

Portrait of a Young Lawyer

50

(21)

Rust Belt Meets Wall Street

71

(26)

PART II: THE BANKRUPTCY

Rolling the Dice

97

(39)

A New Battlefield

136

(37)

Bankruptcy Trials

173

(32)

PART III: THE FALL

Nowhere to Hide

205

(30)

Gellene on Trial

235

(56)

PART IV: WHAT HAPPENED?

Feeling Pressure

291

(34)

Justifying Concealment

325

(28)

Epilogue

353

(16)

Notes

369

(10)

Notes on Sources

379

(16)

Index

395

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