Trial lawyers often talk about the need for total immersion. If so, Paul Rowe’s taking up residence in Atlantic City for nearly a year for a trial was the extreme example.

The case, more than 20 years old now, was a $2.1 billion antitrust suit by the owners of the Sands Hotel, claiming that casino mogul Donald Trump and the publisher of Penthouse magazine killed their plan to open a boardwalk casino.