Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Episode 42: Big Joe
Uncommon Law ~ Lessons they don’t teach in law school.
Imagine that My Cousin Vinny became a NY State Supreme Court Justice after thirty-three years in private law practice where he represented killers, mobsters, robbers, rogue cops, rabbis, scammers, boxers, musicians, jockeys, trainers, a war hero, a sculptor, and a film director among many other characters. Got it? Good. This is the podcast Vinny would have created. This podcast is a collection of short stories about cases, clients, experiences and lessons that Judge Rudy Greco learned in street knowledge college.
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Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
There are only two kinds of problems. Jimmy Jacobs was a world champion athlete who put together an enormously successful archival boxing film collection and went on to manage numerous world champion boxers including Wilfred Benitez and Mike Tyson.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Basic to basics. As a graduate student at Hebrew Union College, Rudy the Roman Catholic learns a lot about religion and the meaning of life from a brilliant rabbi.
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Billy Phillips, a notorious killer and rogue cop who ruined hundreds of lives as the star witness of the Knapp Commission, redefines Rudy's beliefs and opinion of informants or stool pigeons.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Psychological warfare. Gene Kilroy was Cassius Clay's (Mohammad Ali) day to day manager from beginning to end. A fascinating guy who became a Las Vegas casino VIP host concierge. An insider's look at Ali vs Forman - "The Rumble in the Jungle".
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Unforeseeable consequences. Rudy's experience as an officer candidate enlistee in the United States Marine Corps.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
The power of publicity. Barcelona born Francisco Cuevas was a bicycle frame maker who served on both sides in the Spanish Civil War. He emigrated to Argentina and the United States of America before returning home in his eighties to fame and honor in his homeland.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Don't pick fights with strangers. Johnny Verderosa a former world champ kills a shipmate in self defense and faces the consequences.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
"From saying to doing is half an ocean." -ITALIAN PROVERB. Rudy conceives, writes, funds and distributes a children's history of Jackson Heights, his community which is arguably the most diverse in the world. Bernie Madoff helps.
About
Judge Rudy Greco
I grew up in Brooklyn and Queens on streets teeming with kids, conflicts and creativity. My parents were a longshoreman and a housewife who gave me good values. I worked over twenty different jobs starting as a paperboy including work as a steamfitter, bartender, band manager, and middle school teacher in the Fort Apache section of the South Bronx when it was violent and burning.
I played baseball, basketball, and coached sandlot tackle football for eight years. I competed in the NY Golden Gloves and Marathon. I’m an avid walker and bicycle rider. I won a NYS Regents College Scholarship and wrote lyrics for two years in the prestigious BMI Musical Theater Workshop. A local community activist and political leader, I authored a children’s history book.
I spent thirty-three years in private practice as a criminal defense, civil and administrative trial lawyer appearing successfully in the NYS Court of Appeals and the US Supreme Court. Most importantly I paid the rent every month. I was an elected NYC Civil Court Judge and NYS Supreme Court Justice presiding over countless trials for thirteen years until my retirement.
This podcast is an expression of gratitude for a richly rewarding fifty year career where I became a millionaire in terms of what I saw, lived and learned. I hope this podcast will entertain and inform all listeners, lawyers and others interested in seeing the law from the inside out. Enjoy!