The Story of Ben Brafman | Meaningful People #63

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hello there welcome back to the meaningful people podcast i think that's what it is i think that's what this is a podcast i'm naki gordon and i'm uh i'm alexander linger okay it's good for all the stalkers out there to know my son's name and we have a really really incredible episode this week we actually shot this many months ago and barkshop were a little ahead now who do we have on we sat down with the very well-known criminal defense attorney ben brofman we were just so happy that we're not getting sued yes and we didn't get into any trouble that's true but we'll sit down with him and give us time i mean i don't know how much he charges in an hour but i'm sure it's more than we gave him yeah exactly and uh a joke him anything when when you think of a lawyer just in the world i think he's one of the most famous lawyers in the and definitely in america and when you say jewish and lawyer he's the go-to person like a from a from lawyer who's representing you know some very interesting characters many high-profile cases and there's so much to learn from this episode of scenarios where he didn't compromise his yiddish guy his shabbos observance and stuff of those sorts um so we were so happy to sit down with ben brothman and and hear his story yeah i'll say it i'll say it i came from i was working in brooklyn and and i set myself up it was 40 minute drive i had an hour and a half and i got there i got to to to hear the

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1. 0:00hello there welcome back to the meaningful people podcast i think that's what it is i…
2. 5:13and criminal law was kind of interesting i grew up in crown heights so i was…
3. 11:07and i will look at it and you know if i think it warrants me calling…
4. 16:50rule one you got to have mazel rule two look at rule one yeah so and…
5. 24:39uh to be guilty and i said i'll tell you something i don't really want to…
6. 30:18pretty high up there in the in the whole scheme of things that's a pretty big…
7. 36:01you need to be don the cops like really i do not like so what what…
8. 42:20nervous i don't get nervous anymore not at this i get nervous sometimes when i'm in…
9. 48:10it's a great feeling even though i'm rushing in like a michogan in the morning but…
10. 53:59and we went to a uh simcha at a svardi shoe and i walked in and…

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