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Review �A son�s intriguing account of his celebrated father, a brilliant courtroom strategist, both as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer for Mafia godfathers.' (Selwynn Raab, author, 'Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires')�This is The Godfather meets The Year of Magical Thinking!' (Linda Fairstein, Bestselling Writer and Former Head of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Manhattan D.A.'s Office)�Last of the Gladiators is better than any legal thriller you�ll read this summer because this one is an amazing true story with all the important things that begin with the letter L: Life, Law, Lawyers, Larceny, Laughter, Lasagna, La Cosa Nostra, and the Lifelong Love between a father and son named LaRossa.� (Denis Hamill, Award-Winning Journalist)�Jimmy LaRossa was a consummate criminal defense lawyer, indeed one of the great lawyers of his generation?tough, honest, brilliant, a fabulous cross-examiner, and a true friend. His son tells it like it was. He was unforgettable!� (Ben Brafman, Nationally Famous Trial Lawyer)'I once dubbed Jimmy LaRossa 'the godfather of the New York defense bar.' A feisty, quick-witted, straight-shooting ex-Marine, he just happened to be one of the best criminal defense attorneys ever to hang out a shingle in New York. For decades, he was the go-to lawyer of Mafia bosses, labor leaders, politicians, and judges. Last of the Gladiators, an account of his life as seen by his eldest child, is nothing less than a gripping father-son love-story. It makes for very compelling reading.' (Gerald 'Jerry' Capeci, a journalist considered by CNN, The BBC, and others to be one of the foremost experts on the American Mafia 2019-02-28) Read more From the Author Each generation identifies with a small group of people said to have lived lives exemplifying the vices and virtues of that generation. If one were to choose a trial lawyer whose lifereflected the unique characteristics of America's 'Wild West' of a criminal justice system in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, that person likely would be my father.New York City of the 1960s until the turn of the twenty-first century was the world's epicenter of organized and white-collar crime. During those four decades, the most feared Mafia chiefs, assassins, counterfeiters, Orthodox Jewish money launderers, defrocked politicians of every stripe, and Arab bankers arriving in the dead of night in their private jets, sought the counsel of one man:�my father, Jimmy LaRossa.Once a Kennedy-era prosecutor, Brooklyn-born Jimmy LaRossa became one of the greatest criminal trial lawyers of his day. He was the one man who knew where all of the bodies were buried, and everyone knew it. It seemed incomprehensible that Jimmy would one day just disappear from New York. Forever.After stealing my dying father from New York Presbyterian Hospital to a waiting Medevac jet, the LaRossa Boys, as we became known, spent the next five years in a place where few would look for two diehard New Yorkers: a coastal town in the South Bay of Los Angeles, aptly named Manhattan Beach.�While I cooked him his favorite Italian dishes and kept him alive using the most advanced medical equipment and drugs, my father and I documented our notorious and cinematic life together as equal parts biography and memoir.This is our story. Read more From the Inside Flap Memoir/Father-Son/Mafia/History/Law/Mental Health/Care Giver�When James LaRossa visits his ailing father at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital, what he finds is al but reassuring.� His 77- year-old father, Jimmy, once a proudand successful defense attorney, lays weak and dying, hooked up to everymachine and bag in the ICU.� They bothknow Jimmy doesn't have much time left, but James, the dutiful son, is resolvedto make Jimmy's remaining days on Earth as comfortable and fulfilling aspossible.� After months of planning andtransforming his California home into a miniature hospital, James flies hisfather out to the West Coast where he can give Jimmy all the tender love andcare he needs.�The LaRossas made the right call.� Thanks to James' own success and experiencein medical publishing, the father-son duo can spend less time worrying abouthospital staff and more time living the good life.�� The two enjoy Jimmy's favorite Italianmeals, visit local beaches, and travel the world.� While Jimmy's line of work enabled him toprovide for his family, it left very few chances for him to bond with hisson.� Now, decades later, they have thechance to make up for lost time.�As the author cares for his father over the next five years,he recounts the fascinating story of a man who seemed more like a secret agentthan an attorney.� Jimmy's life is laidout in full from life in the marines to prosperous trial lawyer, and a generousbut distant father.�� What more, Jimmydives into the film-worthy courtroom battles of his career, defending big-nameMafia bosses like Paul Castellano and dueling with New York's topprosecutors.� �Last of theGladiator's is more than a biography about the author's father, perhaps thenumber one defense attorney of the twentieth century.� It's a journey of self-reflection for theauthor, who begins to come to terms with own mental illness and the effects ithas on his own relationships.� It's avivid portrait of a man who stood toe to toe with drug runners, crime lords,and corrupt politicians in twentieth century New York.� But at its heart, it is a love story betweena father and son that celebrates how, time and again, faith conquers all. Read more About the Author James M. La Rossa Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Manhattan and Connecticut. He is a publisher, journalist, and third-generation New Yorker. La Rossa spent four years in the writing department at Sarah Lawrence College. In 1984, he left Fordham Law School to become a book reviewer for The International Courier in Rome, Italy. La Rossa has almost 1,000 published bylines to his name, in a wide range of subjects, spanning literature, medicine, and business. Upon his return to New York City, he wrote for Fairchild and ABC/Cap Cities, before founding MedWorks Media Inc., one of the largest publishers in psychiatry, drug development, and mental fitness. In 2006, he relocated permanently to Southern California. His dying father?the infamous trial lawyer and political insider, Jimmy La Rossa?joined him in Manhattan Beach, California, on January 30, 2010. In the last five years of his life, the legendary attorney revealed to his eldest son and confidant the most closely-held secrets to more than a generation of New York City�s organized and white-color crimes. La Rossa continues to live within a mile of the house where he lived with his father. He resides with his fianc�e, Sonya. Their four children?Sofia, Gianni, Max and Juliana?are frequent visitors. A large photo of their fearless father and grandfather hangs high on a prominent kitchen wall. Read more
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