Lions in the Street

Lions in the Street: The Inside Story of the Great Wall Street Law Firms is a 1973 book by Paul Hoffman.

Overview
The book describes the great Wall Street law firms of the 1970s, prominent cases, traditions and a community of high-profile lawyers. Some famous names discussed: Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Davis Polk & Wardwell; Lord Day & Lord; Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine; Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Coudert Brothers; Covington & Burling, and others.

Contents

 * 1) The Congress of Vienna Sits on the Fifty-seventh Floor
 * 2) Downtown, Midtown, All Around the World
 * 3) The $100-an-hour Toll Collectors
 * 4) Some Partners are more Equal than Others
 * 5) The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—I
 * 6) The Care and Feeding of Corporate Clients—II
 * 7) "As my Lawyer, Dick Nixon, said the Other Day..."
 * 8) The Workers Are the Means of Production
 * 9) A Lot Goes on Behind Closed Doors
 * 10) The Green-goods Councel as the Big Board's Cop
 * 11) The Public Servant as Private Lawyer
 * 12) The Private Lawyer as Public Servant
 * 13) The Greetings of the Bar Association
 * 14) On Different Wavelengths