COMMENTARY: Excerpt from The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival
Stanley N. Alpert was Chief of Environmental Litigation at the U.S. Attorneys" Office in New York City when, in 1998, he was kidnapped at gunpoint by a gang of robbers. He now runs The Alpert Firm in New York City, bringing environmental and toxic tort lawsuits. His book, The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival, released by Putnam in January, relates the grueling ordeal, path to survival, and investigation that led to the roundup of the perpetrators. Alpert reflects on environmental law and his career as an environmental prosecutor, both civil and criminal, in the following excerpt from the book.
