How do potential pro bono clients get the attention of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz?
One way, it turns out, is to work as a caddie at Wachtell partner Marc Wolinsky’s ultra-exclusive Hamptons golf club. That’s how Wolinsky wound up representing Anthony Oddone, who was convicted of manslaughter stemming from a barroom brawl five years ago. On Thursday, the firm lived up to its winning reputation—and Wolinsky’s client won a new chance to clear his name—when the New York Court of Appeals overturned Oddone’s conviction and ordered a new trial.
