• Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org
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    Fellow defense attorney David O. Markus told The Associated Press that in Miami, Black was viewed in legal circles as the GOAT, i.e. the greatest of all time, comparing him to NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.

    Newsweek with some hard hitting reporting.

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      Jackie Perczek, another of Black’s law partners, said she learned from him that it was a lawyer’s duty to “fiercely battle the oppressors and support the underdog.”

      Article includes lots of famous, rich, powerful clients, then throws this quote in. Perhaps my understanding of the word “underdog” is really different.