{"product_id":"9781429921190","title":"Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeteran legal issues reporter Kim Eisler takes us behind the scenes into mega law firm Williams\u0026amp;Connolly, guiding us on a journey through the many storied cases that have served to shape current policies in public and private sector alike \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor the past twenty years, author and journalist Kim Eisler has covered the law firm of Williams\u0026amp;Connolly, first at \u003ci\u003eAmerican Lawyer Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, then for \u003ci\u003eLegal Times \u003c\/i\u003eand since 1993 as National Editor of \u003ci\u003eWashingtonian Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003eMore than any other writer, Kim has unprecedented and unusual contacts and relationships with the partners, as well as a background knowledge and familiarity with the firm's history and personnel over the past two decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Game, \u003c\/i\u003eEisler sets out to demonstrate how the disciples of Edward Bennett Williams went beyond anyone's expectations and came to occupy key roles in American culture and business. In the last ten years of his life, Williams, the founder of Williams and Connolly, often said he was building not just a law firm but a monument. \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Game \u003c\/i\u003eis not only about a law firm, but about how the philosophy and practices of this \u003ci\u003eparticular \u003c\/i\u003elaw firm have spread out beyond Washington to dominate business, finance, sports and the American psyche itself through its influence with past, present and future political, corporate and media figures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134108713200,"sku":"9781429921190","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429921190_p0.jpg?v=1769901290","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429921190","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}