Miami Memoirs - Strange Cases and Wild Tales

From Muhammad Ali to anti-Semitism in Miami Beach, this episode delves deep into the issues of diversity in South Florida and the country as a whole. This episode is the basis of Chapter One in Lewis's first book "Strange Cases and Wild Tales"

In this episode, Lewis describes his dealings in the courtroom with a pair of Super Lawyers. His systematic approach to law wins him the case and proves that glamour and glitz are no match for good old "lawyering". Lewis also discusses how public perception and opinion is sometimes swayed by those in high places with ulterior motives.

From Clarence Darrow to Alan Dershowitz, Lewis explores and discusses the "Rhinestone Cowboys" of the legal profession in this first episode of 2021! Listen while Lewis describes his dealings with some of South Florida's most famous Super Lawyers and proves that all that glitters is not gold.

In this week's episode, Lewis opens with the shocking story of the 1972 Eastern Airlines plane crash in the Florida Everglades and the equally surprising aftermath, including his role as a lawyer in the lawsuits that followed. After that, he discusses everything from airline bankruptcy to Supreme Court rulings. You never know what you'll hear on Miami Memoirs!

Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a special episode for the holidays.

Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis...and so did Lewis! How'd he pull that one off? The story is, as he refers to it, good for a drink, and a whole lot more. Afterward, you'll hear more about Lindbergh and what he got up to when not flying planes.

This extended episode takes a tour through Lewis's experiences in the U.S. military, from boot camp to working as a young military lawyer and making all kinds of powerful friends and enemies on his journey "through the looking glass." From there you'll hear about the day-to-day business of working in a secret military office right in downtown New York City. It's all for your ears only in this episode of Miami Memoirs.

In this episode, Lewis recalls his days as a student at Cornell and the prejudice he and other students who didn't fit the mold faced on campus from different fraternities. But he and his friend Eli didn't let that stop them from getting up to all kinds of crazy college schemes, including hypnotizing their classmates! And that's just the beginning of these wild collegiate tales!

In this episode, Lewis explains that playing tennis isn't always just a game, as well the underrated importance of dumb luck, what it means to "make your own luck," and the twists and turns of his first big worker's compensation case. If that wasn't enough, He also talks gambling, World War II missions, and trips to communist Cuba in this absolutely packed Miami Memoirs episode!

In a very special extended episode, Lewis recounts his journey down to Miami from New York in 1956, detailing how different things were back then, how much has changed, and what -unfortunately - has stayed the same. He discusses the antisemitism he encountered as a Jewish lawyer, as well as the sexism and racism he saw others face, and talks about the racism that many are still facing today, touching on the Black Lives Matter Movement and the history of racist statues of political figures.

In this episode, Lewis recalls how his father often struggled in his own law practice, but that his clients trusted him with their lives (in some cases, quite literally!). Nowadays, as the world has gotten more complicated, so has the legal field, and Lewis details how law firms struggle with ethical violations, conflicts of interest, and convoluted contracts that sometimes seem to confuse the lawyers using them as much as the clients signing them!