4.2.12 WC: 191694 Martha Stewart I knew Martha Stewart in law school. Her then husband was my classmate. When she got in trouble, she called me and we discussed her situation. She had been indicted for acts she was accused of committing after she retained top flight lawyers. She then hired another top flight lawyer, Robert Murcalo, to represent her. He did a terrible job and she was convicted. She went to jail largely as the result of the lawyers she had picked. By the time she called me, it was too late to do very much. She picked excellent lawyers for her appeal and I consulted with them, but the court affirmed her conviction and she went off to serve her relatively short prison sentence. She has now rebounded and her conviction will be a small footnote in her otherwise successful and productive life. 372 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017459