Minden Laurel News Today

>> i have the honor and privilege to be interviewing mr. laurence silberman. thank you for doing this. lets start with a biographical question. tell me how derek balk got you to hawaii. >> i was going to clerk for a federal district judge in newark and come to a law firm in washington the following year. derek had recommended me to this federal judge. i was particularly interested in practicing labor law, and this federal judge had been roosevelts labor counsel and it was well-known. h...

to hawaii. >> i was going to clerk for a federal district judge in newark and come to a law firm in washington the following year. derek had recommended me to this federal judge. i was particularly interested in practicing labor law, and this federal judge had been roosevelts labor counsel and it was well-known. his name is minden laurel, two weeks before i was to arrive as a law clerk, he died, which left me with a wife, two children, and no job for a year because my arrangement with ...