From the Las Vegas Review Journal Studio, welcome to season three, episode six, of Mobdup,

the fight for Las Vegas, presented by Pro Group Management. Additional sponsorship provided by

the Golden Steer. John Katzel Amidas here, as always, I want to give you a quick warning that

this podcast contains explicit content such as strong language and depictions of violence,

including murder. Please be advised, this podcast might not be suitable for all audiences.

Oscar Goodman estimates he tried more than 300 criminal cases over 30 years,

rising to prominence defending some of the biggest names in organized crime. He earned a

reputation for being passionate about the law, for being tough and smart, and at times,

brash and unconventional. He seized any opportunity to expose what he felt was wrong doing by the

government, especially leveraging any missteps by the police or prosecutors. But he had ambitions

beyond being a mouthpiece for the mob, as he was often called. He wanted to be mayor of Las Vegas.

However, before he was sworn in in June 1999, Oscar faced one last courtroom battle.

Are we up and talking about this? The last case you tried prior to when I expect you ran for mayor,

and what do you remember about that? Well, it was probably the toughest case I had. You know,

I talk about all these cases representing Judge Clayborn on the conforty case and representing

Jimmy on the assassination case. It was the often omega, so our judges were concerned.

But I think the toughest case I ever had was representing an oral surgeon in Carson City. He was

charged with sexually molesting seven patients, and each one of the patients had somebody who was

waiting for them to come out of the operating room. And they each said, all of his patients said

to these people who were waiting to get them a ride home. This doctor did so-and-so to me,

it's such and such to me. So it was very tough, but that wasn't enough. His employees who

testified against his poor doctor said that at five o'clock, he said to the employees, go home,

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