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In Hamptons lawyer Edward Burke Jr.’s waiting room, visitors will find a wall of framed news stories about Burke and his clients. There’s socialite publicist Lizzie Grubman—her case helped his career skyrocket to new heights. Then there’s NBA star Jason Kidd. Burke, who also represented celebrity chef Todd English and Nascar chairman Brian France, keeps near his desk a framed courtroom drawing of his most-high profile client: Justin Timberlake. When the singer was nabbed in New York’s Sag Harbor on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, it was Burke who was at the singer’s side in the police station by 4 a.m.
When the Hamptons elite face driving-while-intoxicated charges—or, as Burke calls it, a “Deewee” —it’s Burke’s never-silenced cell phone that rings, Ellen Gamerman writes. Read the full profile below.
Elsewhere in the newsletter: Find out who’s sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden during the Knicks playoff run; read about how Christopher Meloni has scaled back his workout routine for the fifth season of “Law & Order: Organized Crime;” check out all the stolen luxury goods in Apple TV+’s “Your Friends & Neighbors;” and don’t miss Rory Satran’s look at how much it actually costs for a Hamptons girls weekend.
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