Martin Bell
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oh gosh, I did debate for the same high school program. I covered the baseball team in college that you would eventually cover for the school newspaper. I did the Sports Illustrated internship, I think, that you would eventually do. you might have been sitting in this chair. I think about this all the time, honestly.
oh gosh, I did debate for the same high school program. I covered the baseball team in college that you would eventually cover for the school newspaper. I did the Sports Illustrated internship, I think, that you would eventually do. you might have been sitting in this chair. I think about this all the time, honestly.
oh gosh, I did debate for the same high school program. I covered the baseball team in college that you would eventually cover for the school newspaper. I did the Sports Illustrated internship, I think, that you would eventually do. you might have been sitting in this chair. I think about this all the time, honestly.
I really think that, like, I've tried to describe my relationship with you, and somebody once sort of furrowed their brow and said, "'Protege?' And I'm like, "'No.'" Sort of just like an alternate sliding doors type scenario. If I had your talent, which I don't, to be clear.
I really think that, like, I've tried to describe my relationship with you, and somebody once sort of furrowed their brow and said, "'Protege?' And I'm like, "'No.'" Sort of just like an alternate sliding doors type scenario. If I had your talent, which I don't, to be clear.
I really think that, like, I've tried to describe my relationship with you, and somebody once sort of furrowed their brow and said, "'Protege?' And I'm like, "'No.'" Sort of just like an alternate sliding doors type scenario. If I had your talent, which I don't, to be clear.
It's an interesting sort of thing where we had the same trajectory for a while, and then one of us went through with law school and the other one didn't.
It's an interesting sort of thing where we had the same trajectory for a while, and then one of us went through with law school and the other one didn't.
It's an interesting sort of thing where we had the same trajectory for a while, and then one of us went through with law school and the other one didn't.
Somebody's got to have the tough job of separating the innocent rooms full of baby oil cases from the more suspect ones. And that's where the good people of my old workplace fit in.
Somebody's got to have the tough job of separating the innocent rooms full of baby oil cases from the more suspect ones. And that's where the good people of my old workplace fit in.
Somebody's got to have the tough job of separating the innocent rooms full of baby oil cases from the more suspect ones. And that's where the good people of my old workplace fit in.
I remember pretty vividly. Just a few weeks earlier, I walked into work and the chief of the forfeiture unit was sitting in my chair, a woman named Sharon Cohen-Levin. She looked up at me and smiled. I was not expecting a visit from her. And she's somebody who, by that time, had already come to be known as the Babe Ruth of forfeiture.
I remember pretty vividly. Just a few weeks earlier, I walked into work and the chief of the forfeiture unit was sitting in my chair, a woman named Sharon Cohen-Levin. She looked up at me and smiled. I was not expecting a visit from her. And she's somebody who, by that time, had already come to be known as the Babe Ruth of forfeiture.
I remember pretty vividly. Just a few weeks earlier, I walked into work and the chief of the forfeiture unit was sitting in my chair, a woman named Sharon Cohen-Levin. She looked up at me and smiled. I was not expecting a visit from her. And she's somebody who, by that time, had already come to be known as the Babe Ruth of forfeiture.
So-called because I think at that point in her career, her unit was responsible for something like 95% of the forfeited assets in the federal system in the United States as measured by value. Billion-dollar judgments from banks, finance,
So-called because I think at that point in her career, her unit was responsible for something like 95% of the forfeited assets in the federal system in the United States as measured by value. Billion-dollar judgments from banks, finance,
So-called because I think at that point in her career, her unit was responsible for something like 95% of the forfeited assets in the federal system in the United States as measured by value. Billion-dollar judgments from banks, finance,
forfeiting stolen Nazi looted art worth millions and millions of dollars and doing things within the sort of art and craft of forfeiture that nobody else was doing. Sharon suggested that I give some thought to joining her unit. She knew I was into white collar stuff. She had already detected a little bit of whimsy in me.
forfeiting stolen Nazi looted art worth millions and millions of dollars and doing things within the sort of art and craft of forfeiture that nobody else was doing. Sharon suggested that I give some thought to joining her unit. She knew I was into white collar stuff. She had already detected a little bit of whimsy in me.