By Daniel Paisner, Ira Judelson
From New York's most advantageous bail bondsman with "over $30 million at the street" comes the tale of a modern day "fixer" who walks a good line among hustler and humanitarian with consumers starting from the wealthy and recognized to the mafia and gangs of recent York.
With from-the-gut prose, Ira Judelson sheds gentle at the highs and lows of the bondsman existence. yet Judelson is not any procedure server. He sees himself as a kind of recent day "macher"—using his juice as a bail bondsman to aid acquaintances outdated and new out of jams at any place he can. he's additionally a keenly observant and wildly charismatic insider who’s visible it all.
Prepare to be stunned, but additionally knowledgeable in The Fixer as Judelson unearths the unwritten legislation of the court or even prison—not to say the shameless actions of his unimaginable record of consumers, together with former long island Giants Plaxico Burress and Lawrence Taylor; rappers Ol' soiled Bastard, Ja Rule, Lil' Wayne, and DMX; comic Katt Williams; infamous big apple madam Kristin Davis; and previous IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn. You'll see why The big apple Times describes Judelson as "an inevitable access within the BlackBerrys of recent York safeguard legal professionals, an ATM for determined rappers, actors, athletes, executives, and madams with pocketbooks a lot fatter than his."
The Fixer is a rollicking narrative that follows Judelson as he learns the bits and bobs of the down-and-dirty international of bonds: Which pass judgement on may well allow you to slide, which of them have 0 tolerance, which attorneys do professional bono for the proper case, and the law enforcement officials and DAs who think in moment probabilities. Judelson illuminates a global nearly totally opaque to most of the people, but in addition entertains and informs with the interior scoop at the underbelly of the justice process.
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Sie suchte für ihn im Britischen Museum immer die Unterlagen heraus – und derartige Dinge. Sie hatte vorher schon Lord Mulcaster bei seinem Buch geholfen. Und sie war taktvoll – ich meine: Sie suchte nicht die falschen Dinge heraus. Schließlich hat jeder Mensch Vorfahren, an die er nicht gern erinnert werden möchte. In diesem Punkt war Gervase sehr empfindlich. Mir hat sie übrigens auch geholfen. Eine Menge Informationen über Hatschepsut hat sie mir besorgt. « Diese Neuigkeit gab Lady Chevenix-Gore mit ruhiger Stimme 41 bekannt.
Betrogen? « Lady Chevenix-Gore schüttelte den Kopf, immer noch ohne wirkliches Interesse. « »Vor dem Abendessen, auf dem Weg nach unten, schaute er wie gewöhnlich bei mir herein. Meine Zofe war dabei. « »Ach, über die Familiengeschichte. Er kam so gut damit voran. Und er hatte diese seltsame Frau, Miss Lingard, gefunden, die für ihn unbezahlbar war. Sie suchte für ihn im Britischen Museum immer die Unterlagen heraus – und derartige Dinge. Sie hatte vorher schon Lord Mulcaster bei seinem Buch geholfen.
Aber natürlich! « »Lassen Sie mich einen Moment überlegen. Zum Beispiel merkte ich, daß er manchmal anscheinend gar nicht begriff, was ich ihm erzählte…« »Einen Moment. Pardon. « »Heute nachmittag. « »Wie ich schon sagte, fiel es Sir Gervase anscheinend schwer, sich zu konzentrieren – er erwähnte es sogar selbst und fügte noch hinzu, daß verschiedene ernste Angelegenheiten ihn stark beschäftigten. « »Ach, irgend etwas Besänftigendes. « »Mehr oder weniger. Wir wandten uns dann wieder Sir Roger Chevenix-Gore zu.