Asshole Attorney: Musings, Memories, and Missteps in a 40 Year Career

“Doug, I been practicin’ law for fifty years. And I learned a long time ago, there ain’t no such word as ‘attorney’ or ‘lawyer’. It’s ‘asshole attorney’ or ‘fuckin’ lawyer.’ "Author Douglas Wood first heard that advice from a southern lawyer nearly forty years ago. It was his inspiration to write Asshole Attorney, a book of observations and reflections over his lifetime and legal career. A self-proclaimed “Army Brat”, Doug moved to eight different homes throughout his childhood. His last move from Hawaii to Rutherford, NJ was a tough one, especially when faced with years of cold, snowy winters in lieu of sandy beaches and warm sunsets. His madcap journey included college in Rhode Island, three law degrees, working with out-of-control rock stars, dealing with international crises in the dark alleys of Eastern Europe, and a partnership in one of the world's leading law firms. Readers will be charmed by Wood’s candor and humor and will laugh aloud at his sharp, witty commentary as he navigates the pathways of his life and the jungles of his profession.DOUGLAS J. WOOD is the author of fiction and non-fiction including the award-winning Samantha Harrison political trilogy, Please Be Ad-Vised: A Legal Reference Guide for the Advertising Executive, and 101 Things I Want to Say…the Collection, a book of fatherly advice. A partner at Reed Smith LLP, he has over 40 years of experience practicing entertainment and media law. He works in New York, lives in New Jersey with his wife of 45 years, has three children successfully earning livings on their own, and two incredible grandchildren. And he is currently working on a new novel about cyber war and financial terrorism.From Publishers Weekly"Wood (Please Be Ad-Vised: A Legal Reference Guide for the Advertising Executive )delivers an entertaining account of his adventures in media and entertainment law, where, he writes, he had to be tough but fair: 'Maybe to some I was acting like an asshole attorney, but it felt right.' After graduating from NYU law school in 1977, Wood landed a job with a firm that specialized in groundbreaking entertainment cases such as the Monty Python's Flying Circus lawsuit in 1975 against the ABC network after the show's producers argued that the American network 'butchered their work' by putting 'commercial breaks at all the wrong moments.' In representing Earl Wilson Jr. and defending his satirical version of the popular song 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)' in his play Let My People Come, Wood writes that the case 'is considered by many to be the pivotal case establishing the principles of a valid parody defense.' Other anecdotes include his involvement in introducing the Belvedere vodka company to the U.S. market in 1998, which begins as a simple legal affair and turns into an international adventure, with Wood surviving a helicopter crash in Poland. The narrative moves at a good pace, and Wood is a straightforward, candid writer ('those who are unhappy about something I wrote, I offer no apology. Feel free to write about me. I have a thick skin'). Wood's memoir is a refreshing look at an unusual legal career

Biographies & Memoirs

Wood, Douglas J.

Professionals & Academics

Plum Bay Publishing, LLC

"Doug, I been practicin' law for fifty years. And I learned a long time ago, there ain't no such word as 'attorney' or 'lawyer'. It's 'asshole attorney' or 'fuckin' lawyer.' "
 Author Douglas Wood first heard that advice from a southern lawyer nearly forty years ago. It was his inspiration to write Asshole Attorney, a book of observations and reflections over his lifetime and legal career. A self-proclaimed "Army Brat", Doug moved to eight different homes throughout his childhood. His last move from Hawaii to Rutherford, NJ was a tough one, especially when faced with years of cold, snowy winters in lieu of sandy beaches and warm sunsets. 
 His madcap journey included college in Rhode Island, three law degrees, working with out-of-control rock stars, dealing with international crises in the dark alleys of Eastern Europe, and a partnership in one of the world's leading law firms. Readers will be charmed by Wood's candor and humor and will laugh aloud at his sharp, witty commentary as he navigates the pathways of his life and the jungles of his profession

An overachiever who is driven by an ambition to succeed, Samantha Harrison has set out to be the first woman president in United States history. With her devoted husband Ben behind her, she begins her campaign with Zachary Watts, a determined campaign manager with questionable ethics. As her campaign begins to take shape, Samantha is forced to deal with a crumbling home life as she continues her quest to hold the highest office in the land. Forced to decide what she’s willing to lose to win, Samantha’s choices will ultimately determine who’s standing beside her in the end.Highlighting Samantha’s personal conflicts and burning desire to win, Presidential Intentions creates a gripping political drama that examines the personal cost of realizing her dream. With an innocent naivety on the human capacity for evil and certain blindness to the things around her, Samantha might achieve her goal; however, she might never truly know what it costs her. A mesmerizing and thought-provoking look into the interior of U.S. politics, this complex novel has a lasting appeal that will keep readers thinking long after the book is through. Written for anyone interested in politics or the rise of women, Presidential Intentions appeals to political junkies everywhere as well as anyone immersed in women’s issues in business and politics. The first book of its kind to profile a woman presidential candidate’s life, this engrossing story tells the story of the sacrifice required in the quest to become the first woman president in American history.

Presidential Intentions

Literature & Fiction

Literary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Now in its 7th edition, Please Be Ad-Vised: A Legal Reference Guide for the Advertising Executive by Douglas J. Wood, continues to be the leading industry treatise on advertising law for CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, general counsel, creative directors, and account managers and an important reference tool in managing their companies’ advertising and business activities. This edition not only provides hands-on guidance to brand managers, account executives, media planners, copy writers, producers, human resource managers, business affairs managers, and their respective lawyers but is also supported by a website that includes a wealth of materials, including videos of commercials discussed in the book, forms, cases, regulations, rulings, and more. It is perhaps the most robust collection of its kind. Those who teach, practice, or study advertising and marketing will find it an invaluable resource. In short, it should be read by anyone involved in the day-to-day business of advertising.

Please Be Ad-vised: 7th Edition

Media & the Law

Ripped from today’s headlines, PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATIONS is a behind-the-scenes political thriller and an inspiring portrayal of a woman’s rise to the highest office in the land that gives readers a lot to think about when casting their votes in the next presidential election. Ambitious, smart and one of Washington D.C.’s power elite, Samantha “Sam” Harrison’s entire political career, once seemingly unstoppable, is in question and her loyalty to her country is about to be tested as never before. Washington, D.C. sustains the worst terrorist attack in American history, and the President of the United States needs Sam to serve her country once more. Political rivals on opposite sides of the aisle, Sam and the president have never agreed on deeply dividing issues. While Sam realizes that it’s time to put aside political differences, get justice, and help the nation to heal, she’s not sure whom she can trust. Leading the country out of chaos could put the White House once more within her grasp, but will place Sam, her daughter and her daughter’s first child directly in harm’s way. Sam’s actions in the coming days will decide her family’s survival, her political future, and the fate of the United States of America. The stakes have never been higher.

Presidential Declarations

A political thriller, this is the third book of the trilogy of the personal and political life of a fictional character, Samantha Harrison. In this book, she is President of the United States and must deal with serious issues of terrorism, the Middle East, and the Ukraine.

Presidential Conclusions

Genre Fiction

Please be ad-vised: The legal reference guide for the advertising executive

Reference

Please Be Ad-vised (Third Edition) Most advertising and marketing executives cannot claim a mastery of advertising and marketing law; yet it is an area we deal in almost every day. Please Be Ad-vised is considered the industry's legal reference guide for advertising and marketing professionals. It is a comprehensive and practical tool for avoiding legal blunders. In addition to summaries of dozens of legal issues, the book provides sample legal forms for everything from ownership and protection of creative work to agency-client relationships. It also includes a standard contract for developing Web sites and FAST standards for interactive media. Other topics included are copyright and trademark infringement, working with production companies, contracts and employment agreements, rules of comparative advertising, government regulation, talent unions and negotiating with employees.

Please Be Ad-Vised: The Legal Reference Guide For The Advertising Executive

Business

Association of National Advertisers

Dark Data: Control, Alt, Delete

August 14 and September 11 were the last two of a string of dates on Lori Torchia's list. But nothing in the chronology seemed to correspond to them.. Then it hit reporter Rebecca Taft. 'The dates are in the future. Lori's telling us that there will be terrorist attacks on August 14 and September 11!' Taft felt sick to her stomach. 
Paula Jankovic is a willing tool of Constantine Petrenko, a Russian oligarch with a penchant for world domination and insatiable greed. Using a superstorm of dark data and fake news, Jankovic has become skilled at harnessing the power of the mysterious Selfish Ledger and personal social media accounts to get innocent people to do her bidding, however horrible it may be. Abu al-Badri is a terrorist leader who wants to further his cause. By aligning himself with the same wealthy benefactor, he has all he needs to access top targets around the world to wreak unimaginable violence and destruction. 
Together Jankovic and al-Badri unleash a coordinated attack that is designed to leave societies and financial markets in ruins and no one richer or more powerful than the Russian standing at the top.

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Asshole Attorney: Musings, Memories, and Missteps in a 40 Year Career

Asshole Attorney: Musings, Memories, and Missteps in a 40 Year Career

Presidential Intentions

Please Be Ad-vised: 7th Edition

Presidential Declarations

Presidential Conclusions

Please be ad-vised: The legal reference guide for the advertising executive

Please Be Ad-Vised: The Legal Reference Guide For The Advertising Executive

Dark Data: Control, Alt, Delete

Dark Data: Control, Alt, Delete