On the Road with Legal Talk Network

LegalTalkNetwork’s first in a series of special reports about important legal cases that changed the course of U.S. history. Kicking off the series with one of the largest cases against Big Tobacco and a landmark settlement that changed how tobacco companies operate today, we’re thrilled to bring you a conversation with one of the most well-known attorneys in the country, Joseph F. Rice from the prominent law firm of Motley Rice, LLC. Attorney Rice, who penned the historic tobacco settlement, brings us first-hand stories of that incredible case and how he and a cadre of courageous lawyers and whistleblowers made an impact.

Joe Salvati, of Boston, was an innocent man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Legal researchers say this case is the longest, intentional wrongful imprisonment in the nation’s history. Listen to this LegalTalkNetwork Special Report with Salvati’s attorney, Victor Garo, who has led the long legal journey for justice, uncovering hidden evidence, and exposing false testimony from an FBI mob informant, Joe ‘The Animal’ Barboza. You’ll hear about legal twists and turns that sound like a movie plot. But it is real. Garo proved Salvati’s innocence to free him from prison, and now continues the battle in Federal Court in a civil suit for more than $100 million dollars against the government. Listen to this unbelievable story and hear how Attorney Garo and Boston reporter, Dan Rea, have kept the light shining on a miscarriage of justice.

We’re pleased to bring you this one-on-one LTN interview with Bill Gates, Sr. in Seattle. Hear what Gates, a retired lawyer and Co-chair of the Gates Foundation, has to say about the legal world today, the William H. Gates Public Service Law Scholarship Program at the University of Washington School of Law and his famous son!