Presumed Guilty - Alexandra Shapiro - S5E27
This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes the amazing Alexandra Shapiro to the show!Alexandra was one of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first law clerks at the Supreme Court, and also served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit. Alexandra is a former federal prosecutor with 30 years of experience and has argued in the U.S Supreme Court. She has served as President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, in addition to handling many high-profile cases. In 2009, Alexandra co-founded the prominent New York litigation boutique, Shapiro Ararto Boc LLP.Alexandra has recently written and published her own novel about white-collar prosecution, Presumed Guilty. Bringing insider trading to life, Forbes featured her new book in their recent article here!In this episode, we discuss the following:Being a federal prosecutor and publishing a novelHer motivations behind the novel, Presumed GuiltyReforms in how federal prosecutors conduct their workThe advantages and disadvantages of the structure of the criminal justice systemThe Brady violation and how prosecutors owe a duty to defendantsSkills to be a great lawyer and fiction authorOut now on the Legally Speaking Podcast website and all major audio platforms!Sponsored by Clio: Clio is a legal case management software that work in partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales and is an approved supplier of the Law Society of Scotland.Support the show