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==Talk show==
Zirin is the host of a [[PBS]] nationally syndicated television program called ''Conversations with Jim Zirin'' which airs on [[City University of New York|university]] [[cable television]] station [[CUNY TV]], as well as other PBS across the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/show/conversations-digital-age-jim-zirin/|title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - PBS|website=pbs.org|accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin">{{cite web | title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin | website=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin | url=http://www.digitalage.org | access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirteen.org/programs/conversations-digital-age-jim-zirin/|title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - Video - THIRTEEN - New York Public Media|website=thirteen.org|accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref>
Zirin is the host of a [[PBS]] nationally syndicated television program called ''Conversations with Jim Zirin'' which airs on [[City University of New York|university]] [[cable television]] station [[CUNY TV]], as well as other PBS stations across the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/show/conversations-digital-age-jim-zirin/|title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - PBS|website=pbs.org|accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin">{{cite web | title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin | website=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin | url=http://www.digitalage.org | access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thirteen.org/programs/conversations-digital-age-jim-zirin/|title=Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - Video - THIRTEEN - New York Public Media|website=thirteen.org|accessdate=13 January 2018}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

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Jim Zirin

James D. Zirin (born January 10, 1940)[1] is an American lawyer, author, and cable television talk show host.

Background

He is the son of Morris G. Zirin, a lawyer and author.[2] Zirin graduated from Princeton University in 1961[3] and the University of Michigan Law School[4] where he was on the student editorial board of the Michigan Law Review.[5]

Career

For three years, he was one of 74 Assistant United States Attorneys working in the the Southern District of New York,[6][7] and served in the criminal division under Robert M. Morgenthau.[8][9] He was a partner in the law firm of Breed, Abbott & Morgan in New York[4] until 1993 when he joined Sidley Austin.[10]

He is the author of two published books: The Mother Court: Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court (ABA 2014),[11][12] and Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court.[13]

In August 2003,[14] Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed him to the New York City Commission to Combat Police Corruption.[15] He is a Fellow[16][17] of the American College of Trial Lawyers,[18][17] and the past chair of its International Law Committee.[16][17] He is one of 72 current trustees of the Asia Society.[19]

Reception of books

Reviewing The Mother Court on June 19, 2014 in the New York Review of Books,[20] Jed S. Rakoff wrote that, "Zirin’s fluid prose and eye for detail make The Mother Court fun to read, while faithfully conveying the underlying importance of the issues at stake."[21] Michael Beloff reviewed Supremely Partisan in the February 4, 2017 issue of The Spectator.[22] He wrote that: "In a “provocative polemic destined to be source material for those on both sides of the 'recurring debate' about political involvement in judicial appointments, James D. Zirin explains why, with Trump as president, the stakes are so high for the American Supreme Court." Supremely Partisan was selected by Kirkus Review as one of its "best non-fiction books of 2016", and received the Kirkus star which is denoted by the blue Kirkus Star on the book review at left of title.[23] In its July 15, 2016 review,[24] Kirkus said Supremely Partisan is: "A top-notch book about the Supreme Court. Zirin has his finger on its pulse, and he shows the rest of us how it works and how it doesn’t."[25] Writing about The Mother Court, The Economist concluded that: "Unfortunately, the book’s extensive series of trials and anecdotes neither offers a narrative drive to propel the reader forward nor adds up to a broader conclusion." [26]

Articles

Zirin has written op-eds for numerous publications on legal, political and foreign policy subjects. Many are available on Zirin's official website JimZirin.com.[27]

Op-Ed listings

Talk show

Zirin is the host of a PBS nationally syndicated television program called Conversations with Jim Zirin which airs on university cable television station CUNY TV, as well as other PBS stations across the United States.[43][44][45]

Personal life

He is married to Marlene Hess, daughter of the chairman of Amerada Hess and the New York Jets.[4]

Publications

  • Zirin, James (2014). The Mother Court--Tales of Cases that Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court. American Bar Association. ISBN 9781634256339. OCLC 964334255.
  • Zirin, James (2016). Supremely Partisan--How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442266360. OCLC 971481267.

References

  1. ^ "International Academy of Trial Lawyers". Home. January 10, 1940. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths ZIRIN, MORRIS G." The New York Times. October 22, 1998. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. ^ https://paw.princeton.edu/article/blind-justice-skewed-raw-politics Blind justice skewed interview with Zirin 2017 Princeton Alumni Review
  4. ^ a b c New York Times: "Marlene Hess, a Banking Executive, Is Married to James Zirin, a Lawyer" New York Times: May 19, 1990
  5. ^ http://michiganlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Vol.-62-Masthead.pdf Michigan Law Review, Vol. 62, November 1963, No. 1, Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  6. ^ 7 Persons Indicted Over Dealerships, The Times Record, July 30, 1968, p.12
  7. ^ Corruption Charge Opens Up Adams Trial, The Post Standard, March 31, 1970, p.10
  8. ^ Zirin, James. "The Mother Court". American Bar Association.
  9. ^ "Congressional Record - January 22, 1970" (PDF). gpo.gov. Government Printing Office. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Zirin, James. "Partner, Sidley Austin".
  11. ^ Zirin, James (2014). The mother court : tales of cases that mattered in America's greatest trial court. Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association. ISBN 978-1-62722-322-5.
  12. ^ Zirin, James. "Author, Mother Court".
  13. ^ Zirin, James (2016). Supremely partisan : how raw politics tips the scales in the United States Supreme Court. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 1-4422-6636-8.
  14. ^ Zirin, James. "Commissioner".
  15. ^ "Commissioners - CCPC". Welcome to NYC.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  16. ^ a b "James Zirin". KentPresents. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  17. ^ a b c "James Zirin". online.actl.com. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  18. ^ "International Academy of Trial Lawyers". Home. January 10, 1940. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  19. ^ "Co-Chairs and Trustees". Asia Society. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  20. ^ Butterfield, Andrew; Judah, Tim; Michelangelo; Rowland, Ingrid D.; Cole, David; Galassi, Jonathan; Tomasky, Michael; Kimmelman, Michael; Rieff, David; Benfey, Christopher; MacMillan, Margaret; Denk, Jeremy; Schwartz, Sanford; Rakoff, Jed S.; Filler, Martin; Vendler, Helen; McKibben, Bill; Bell, Julian; Ascherson, Neal; Duffy, Eamon; Mendelsohn, Daniel; Churchland, Patricia; McGinn, Colin; Dickstein, Morris; Appignanesi, Lisa; Johnson, Ian; Rahman, Zia Haider; Vanderbilt, Tom (June 19, 2014). "June 19, 2014". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  21. ^ Rakoff, Jed S. (June 19, 2014). "The Court of Courts". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  22. ^ "How impartial is the US judiciary?". The Spectator. February 4, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  23. ^ Zirin, James D. (November 11, 2016). "Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  24. ^ Reynolds, S.J. (November 11, 2016). "SUPREMELY PARTISAN by James D. Zirin". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  25. ^ "SUPREMELY PARTISAN by James D. Zirin". Kirkus Reviews. November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  26. ^ "Courtly love". The Economist. June 28, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  27. ^ "Op-Ed Archive". Jim Zirin. July 12, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  28. ^ "Not Even Trump Can Break the Justice Department". Time. July 12, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  29. ^ "Forbes Welcome". Forbes Welcome. February 4, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  30. ^ Zirin, James (November 19, 2001). "Winning the Asbestos Game". Barron's. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  31. ^ "Abdicating on a 'cyber czar'?". latimes. October 14, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  32. ^ Zirin, James (October 27, 2016). "'The US's top court is becoming dangerously political'". The Times & The Sunday Times. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  33. ^ "ZIRIN: The longest year". The Washington Times. December 1, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  34. ^ Zirin, James D. (November 11, 2016). "What Will the Supreme Court Look Like in a Donald Trump Presidency?". The Nation. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  35. ^ "Pistoriuss Cross-Examination Could Have Been Grounds for a Mistrial in a U.S. Court". The Daily Beast. 5 May 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  36. ^ "James D. Zirin". HuffPost. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  37. ^ Zirin, James D. (May 30, 2017). "A Tribute To Frank Deford". HuffPost. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  38. ^ "Reconciling the Law". The New York Sun. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  39. ^ "If the Supreme Court becomes any more partisan, we'll be on our way to anarchy". nypost.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  40. ^ "James D. Zirin". New York Post. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  41. ^ "CNN Video". CNN. May 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  42. ^ Winn, Jeffrey (September 22, 2016). "Supremely Partisan: How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the U.S. Supreme Court - New York Law Journal". New York Law Journal. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  43. ^ "Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - PBS". pbs.org. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  44. ^ "Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin". Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  45. ^ "Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin - Video - THIRTEEN - New York Public Media". thirteen.org. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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