Authors: Oscar Goodman
Goldwater, Barry,
156
Goodell, Roger,
260
Goodman, A. Allan
Oscar moving to Las Vegas and,
21–22
,
104
play investment and,
13–14
Goodman, Cara
childhood,
39–40
,
45
,
77
,
78
,
84
,
85
,
202
,
273
Goodman, Carolyn
adopting children/as mother,
39–40
,
42
,
66–67
,
272
Las Vegas mayoralty and,
274–275
,
276
Meadows school,
12
,
84–85
,
181
,
241
,
274
meeting Oscar/dating,
40–41
Oscar’s law cases/career and,
30
,
32
,
36
,
46
,
66–67
,
109–110
,
135
,
148–149
Oscar’s mayoral campaign/terms,
3
,
5
,
187–189
,
206
,
213
,
226
,
227
,
244
,
246
Prada bag/Oscar and,
254–255
requests to Oscar,
271–272
wedding,
41–42
Goodman, Eric
as adult,
273
Goodman, Laura
background/description,
11
in hospital,
209
Nicky Scarfo, Jr. and,
168
organizing hunger strike,
12
Oscar moving to Las Vegas and,
21–22
Goodman, Lona,
11
Goodman, Oscar
description,
xi–xiii
,
186
,
188
,
195
drinks/drinking and,
xi
,
16
,
32
,
153
,
189
,
202
,
238
,
241
,
256
gambling,
14–16
,
50–51
,
100
,
189–190
,
249–250
Haverford College/classmates,
13
,
15
,
40
,
41
relationship with clients/staff,
134–135
,
136
trip/move to Las Vegas,
17–19
University of Pennsylvania law school,
16–17
,
41
Goodman, Oscar/childhood
activities,
10
,
11
,
14–15
,
86–88
,
199
father/courtroom trial,
23–24
parents/sisters and,
10–11
,
21
,
23–24
,
87
Goodman, Oscar/defense attorney career
client examples/diversity,
65–66
daily routine with,
239–240
Dino/accident,
24–26
family and,
65–67
fees,
172–173
first mob case/effects,
35–39
former teacher on,
xii–xiii
government surveillance on,
76–77
jury selection and,
164–165
justice and,
10
,
23–24
,
115–116
,
173
move to Las Vegas/office,
18–19
,
21
,
22
oral surgeon client/trial,
65
,
85–86
Rolls Royce and,
168–169
University of Pennsylvania law school/bar and,
16–17
,
18
,
41
as wiretap/laws expert,
46
,
47
,
52
,
54
See also specific cases/clients
Goodman, Oscar, Jr.
Goodman, Oscar/Las Vegas mayor
after being mayor,
275–276
baseball team/throwing out first pitch,
3–6
brand,
xi
,
3–4
,
176
,
208
,
223
,
240
,
255–256
,
257
campaign/debates,
185–190
criticism/media and,
206
,
207–208
,
211
,
215
,
216
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
234
,
236
,
238–239
,
244
,
264
former clients and,
186–187
graffiti and,
233–236
homeless people and,
214–216
,
223–224
,
233
honoring bartenders/waitresses,
192
if Benevolent Dictator,
263–270
life as mayor,
190–192
as match,
ix
pay/hours,
203
professional sports team and,
249
,
252–254
,
257–262
“public perception” and,
203
,
205–206
reasons for running,
181–182
,
184–185
running decision/reactions of children,
185
satisfaction with,
xi–xii
,
xii
,
190
,
191–192
,
221–222
,
239
,
240
wins/terms,
190
See also
Las Vegas downtown revitalization
Goodman, Ross
Gordon, Jack,
68
Gore, Al,
156
Gotti, John,
203
Gravano, Salvatore “Sammy the Bull,”
171
Guilfoyle, Paul,
199
Hanley, Andy Granby/Tom,
112–113
Harrelson, Charles/wife,
33
,
106
,
107
Harrelson, Leonard,
33
Hefner, Hugh,
244
Herbert, Bob,
236–237
Hodges, Joe Henry,
251
Hoffman, Walter,
151
Hogan, Frank,
17
Hole-in-the-Wall Gang,
121–122
,
123
,
130
,
131
,
137
Holmes, Larry,
88–89
Hoover, J. Edgar,
17
Horowitz, Mel “the Professor,”
35–37
,
44
,
50
Hughes, Howard,
69
Hundley, Bill,
49
Jackson, “Action,”
74
Jackson, La Toya,
68
Jacobson, Nate,
21
James, Jerry Ray/wife,
109
,
111
,
112–114
Jerbic, Brad,
197–198
Jerde, Jon,
223
Kane, Marty “the Jew,”
50
,
51–52
,
118
Kay, Bobby,
65
Kennedy, Anthony,
149
Kennedy, Robert,
49
King, Alan,
197
King, Rodney,
231
Laine, Frankie,
21
Lane, Mills,
92
Lansburgh, Morris,
47
Lansky, Meyer,
x
,
17
,
36
,
47
,
48–49
Las Vegas
“best/worst of” contest,
216–217
Carolyn Goodman mayoralty and,
274–275
,
276
centennial celebration,
242
divorce regulations,
20
elections procedure,
186
work cards/criminal records,
217–218
See also
Goodman, Oscar/Las Vegas mayor
Las Vegas downtown revitalization