{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5bb26c9287ef87811438a58b/5c2aac654b65882c3eaa4756?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From the Archives 28: Power of Attorney, \"He Is My Lawyer\" ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5bb26c9287ef87811438a58b/1546351820463-526ea9e2a1c75d9199e083e936f34d77.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1985, the New York attorney Aaron Richard Golub wrote the lyrics for a dance/rap song titled \"He Is My Lawyer,\" during a \"<a href=\"https://people.com/archive/in-the-case-of-the-bum-rap-song-richard-golub-courts-justice-for-his-fellow-lawyers-vol-27-no-5/\" target=\"_blank\">20-minute fit of inspiration</a>.\" It was a response to Jackson Browne's song \"<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxyjA-CaPYY\" target=\"_blank\">Lawyers in Love</a>\" (1983), which Golub felt unfairly maligned the members of the bar as \"exploitative and shallow.\" Golub formed a band, which he named \"Power of Attorney,\" and recorded 3 versions of \"He Is My Lawyer\" in 1986, with music by Lisa Nardi and arrangement by Andy Marvel. Golub released the song as a 12\" single on his own label, Golub Music. Members of the band included Golub's friend, the actor <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Orbach\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Orbach</a>, and Golub's then-wife, the actor <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Berenson\" target=\"_blank\">Marisa Berenson</a>. Golub also directed and starred in a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHVEjZkT09M\" target=\"_blank\">music video</a> for the song, which featured Orbach and Berenson.</p><p>Golub has had a colorful career, representing clients including Donald Trump, Christie Brinkley, Yasmin Khan, and Cornelia Guest, among many others. And he is equally <a href=\"https://observer.com/2000/02/meet-the-excellent-and-wise-mr-k-manservant-to-lawyer-richard-golub/\" target=\"_blank\">colorful</a> <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/07/nyregion/public-lives-still-a-bad-boy-as-a-lawyer-and-a-novelist.html\" target=\"_blank\">himself</a>, resembling a character from a Wes Anderson film brought to life. He is <a href=\"https://news.artnet.com/art-world/most-powerful-art-lawyers-482339\" target=\"_blank\">currently considered</a> one of the most powerful lawyers in the art world.</p><p>This 12\" single of \"He Is My Lawyer\" includes 3 tracks:</p><ol><li>\"He Is My Lawyer\" (Long Version)</li><li>\"He Is My Lawyer\" (Short Version)</li><li>\"He Is My Lawyer\" (Dub Version)</li></ol>","author_name":"CC0/Public Domain"}