http://courtroomcowboy.com Courtroom Cowboy weblog Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:10:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.phawker.com/2009/03/01/qa-author-ex-inquirer-maverick-ralph-cipriano/ Q&A with Author "Cipriano’s vivid writing and attention to detail makes for a damn fascinating read." http://courtroomcowboy.com/phawker-does-the-cowboy  The Master of Facts Pennsylvania Law WeeklyThe Master of Facts Monday, January 26, 2009 Copyright 2009, ALM Properties, Inc.   BOOK REVIEW By William P. Murphy Memorializing the life and trials of James E. Beasley Sr.   Special to the Law Weekly bill@BillMurphylaw.com "Courtroom Cowboy" By Ralph Cipriano Lawrence Teacher Books, 2008 $29.95 As one graduate of the "Beasley School of Law" who never attended ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/pennsylvania-law-weekly-review-courtroom-cowboy-riveting-and-educational Philadelphia City Paper:  Legal Inquiry A "pit-bull Inquirer reporter" teams up with a "courtroom brawler" who's a "Hemingway-like character" to write a book about the brawler's most famous cases http://courtroomcowboy.com/interview-with-the-author Lit Gloss: By Liz Spikol, executive editor, Philadelphia Weekly In 1998 Ralph Cipriano, then on staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer, made journalistic history by being the first reporter ever to sue his editor for libel. That editor, Robert Rosenthal, had told The Washington Post that Cipriano falsified a story about excessive ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/philly-weekly-courtroom-cowboy-a-rich-rewarding-read F. Lee Bailey on Jim Beasley: "If I had big trouble, who would I choose to represent me? Jim Beasley would have made the list of every Titan of the Trial Court who knew of him. He was top shelf, always." F. Lee Bailey on Courtroom Cowboy: "Ralph Cipriano has brought Jim Beasley ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/praise-for-jim-beasley-and-courtroom-cowboy “ANYBODY BUT BEASLEY” OR HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE ANTICHRIST AT THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, WHERE I WORKED AS A REPORTER, JIM BEASLEY WAS so feared and despised that my editors called him the antichrist. Beasley was the king of libel suits who had made a career out of suing the ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/courtroom-cowboy-introduction SEND A MESSAGE THE LAWYERS IN THE HOTEL BALLROOM WERE YAWNING AND NODDING OFF AS THE seminar speaker, S. Gerald Litvin, droned on with his lecture about how to construct a closing argument. When Litvin was finally through, moderator got up to say a few words about the next speaker, ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/courtroom-cowboy-chapter-one COURTROOM COWBOY, which took three years to write, was culled from a hundred interviews and thousands of pages of trial transcripts and court records. The book could not have been written without the cooperation of the many Philadelphia judges and lawyers who generously shared their vivid memories of Jim Beasley, ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/courtroom-cowboy-acknowledgements For those of you who missed it, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a review of Courtroom Cowboy that wasn't complimentary: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/books/36744679.html Here's what Frank Wilson, former Inky books editor, had to say about the review on his blog:I think I might take issue with one detail of the Beasley review: "By the time his case settled, ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/the-inky-review Jim Beasley was a high school dropout driving a Greyhound bus when, on an impulse, he decided to change his destiny. He enrolled in Temple University and then its law school on the GI Bill. It was a fateful choice for Beasley and for hundreds of clients who would need ... http://courtroomcowboy.com/courtroom-cowboy-2