Being Oscar

In Being Oscar one of America's most celebrated criminal defence attorneys recounts the stories and cases of his epic life. The Mafia's go-to defender he has tried an estimated 300 criminal cases and won most of them. His roster of clients reads like a history of organized crime: Meyer Lansky Nicky Scarfo and"Lefty&rdquo Rosenthal as well as Mike Tyson and boxing promoter Don King along with a midget a dentist and a federal judge.After thirty-five years as a defender he ran for mayor of Las Vegas and America's greatest Mob lawyer became the mayor of its sexiest city. He was so popular his image appeared on the 5 25 and 100 chips. While mayor of Vegas he starred on the screen in Rush Hour 2 and CSI. He is as large a character in the history of organized crime as any of his clients and as legendary a figure in the history of Las Vegas as the entrepreneurs (his friends and clients) who built the city. This is his astonishing story- the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.>