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These were kind of white-shoe regulators, and the mortgage brokers were, you know …— DownWithTyranny!
[A] a senior partner with Covington and Burling - a white-shoe DC law firm that devotes considerable pro bono time to defending the Gitmo detainees.— The Jawa Report
After a brief stint working as the first Gentile in Graham's own firm (which tended to hire Jews since they had few opportunities at the white-shoe brokerages), Buffett took the master's principles back with him to Omaha, where he set up a series of partnerships for private investors.
The Financial Times refers to Roberts and Alito as "pretty much the dream candidates of economic conservatism," calling Justice Roberts himself "a white-shoe corporate lawyer" and noting "Justice Alito often sided with employers in his prior life as a judge."— CounterPunch
In this context, wouldn't it be refreshing to hear the dean of some Ivy League law school, or a partner in a white-shoe law firm, stand up and say these words: "As part of our pro bono commitments, we hereby offer our services to the overworked men and women trying to keep our nation safe from terrorist attack."— The Jawa Report
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