Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
Episode 33: The Finish Line
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 Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Show business with blood. Rudy faces boxing promoter Don King in three disputes and wins them all.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Always know when you're well off. A mob boss in Brooklyn heads up a bookmaking operation with two thousand employees and owns pieces of casinos worldwide. He knew how to laugh at himself and knew enough to refuse the role of Godfather.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Live by the sword, die by the sword. A full contact karate champion with the demeanor of a Doberman Pinscher meets his match.
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now" - GOETHE
The author conceives and organizes a children's Halloween Parade that grows for more than thirty years into the second largest Halloween Parade in New York City and spawns a host of imitations.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Speaking truth to power. A mob boss is arrested and sent to prison for reflexively shaking an old man's hand while leaving a restaurant.
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
An everyday hero of uncommon valor. Harry Ford was a talented running back and a highly decorated (10x) New York City Firefighter who drove the elite Rescue 4 Truck to a tragic end.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
The path to justice is a marathon. A troubled young man kills his grandmother and his cellmate on the tragic road to refuge over decades.
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
A criminal usury case winds its way to the highest state court whose decision results in a victory.
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!