Greenberg Traurig attorney Ted Blum, whose practice focuses on business law and mergers and acquisitions, has authored a book titled “Calculated Risks”. Fountainhead of this book was not an authorial ambition, but rather a personal endeavour to congregate documents of his own curiosity. Blum professes that the book potentially illumines facets of law practice unexplored otherwise.
Presented in the wake of Israeli-Palestine attacks, Blum’s work emanates from a deeply personal perspective pivoting around his Jewish heritage. The narrative arc navigates the journey of his grandparents who escaped the grim shadows of European persecution. This personal connection drives his reflections on the conflict and the subsequent role he believes lawyers should play in addressing such issues.
Blum characteristically avows, “I feel that my skills as a counselor are called upon to stand up against antisemitism today.” His perspective underlines a conviction that the role of a lawyer extends beyond the courtroom and into the realm of sociopolitical discourse.